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| Leeds United’s Patrick Bamford (left) and Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Rayan Ait-Nouri battle for the ball during the Premier League match at Elland Road, Leeds. Picture date: Saturday August 6, 2022. |
Leeds United’s soft
reboot under manager Jesse Marsch got off to a winning start as Rayan
Ait-Nouri’s own goal gave them a comeback victory over Wolves in a lively game
at Elland Road.
It has been a summer of
change for the Whites, leading to Marsch fielding four debutants on Saturday as
part of a remodelled side looking to produce the effective pressing and direct
play the American favours.
They were dealt an
early blow when Daniel Podence’s bouncing effort found its way over goalkeeper
Illan Meslier to give Wolves a sixth-minute lead.
But the home side
rallied and after seeing what they felt was a clear penalty for a foul on
Rasmus Kristensen by Wolves keeper Jose Sa, they levelled.
Spanish forward Rodrigo
has struggled to live up to his £30m tag at time during his two years in Leeds
but his low, angled drive midway through a first half was a fine strike and it
lifted the home crowd just when it was required.
Despite a depleted
attack lacking the injured Raul Jimenez, Wolves came out swinging in the second
half and set home nerves jangling by threatening a winner of their own.
But instead Leeds
struck, with Ait-Nouri poking Patrick Bamford’s superb low cross into his own
net from close range under pressure from excellent debutant Brenden Aaronson.
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