Whites edge it in thriller at Elland Road
Leeds won 4-3 against Fulham in their first top-flight fixture at Elland Road in 16 years.
Helder Costa’s early opener was cancelled out by Aleksandar Mitrovic’s penalty, before Mateusz Klich’s spotkick restored Leeds’ advantage at half-time.
Patrick Bamford and Costa’s superb second goal put Leeds 4-1 up with over half an hour remaining, but Fulham hit back through substitute Bobby Decordova-reid and Mitrovic’s towering header to leave Leeds hanging on.
Marcelo Bielsa’s side have scored seven and conceded seven in two matches, but the Argentinian said he will not be changing tactics.
“What the matches have showed was that we have to continue doing what made us successful in the first place,” he said.
“That’s the best way to get a result, rather than putting men behind the ball. It would be an error to stop doing those things that make you successful.”
Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti hailed the quality of James Rodriguez after his high-profile summer signing played a key role in the 5-2 win over 10-man West Brom.
The Colombia international scored his first goal – and the crucial one in Ancelotti’s opinion – in English football and played a big role in most of their best football as Dominic Calvert-lewin scored a hat-trick to take his tally to four for the season.
But it was Rodriguez who caught the eye on his home debut.
“He scored his first goal in the Premier League, this is the most important part,” said Ancelotti.
“It was the key goal of the game. He scored a fantastic goal and a fantastic assist in the second half.
“He is comfortable with the team and everything is OK. In this moment he is using his quality,” added Ancelotti.
West Brom had taken an early lead through their own new signing Grady Diangana, but once Calvert-lewin had equalised, the tide began to turn, and the hosts assisted their own downfall when Kieran Gibbs was sent off for hitting Rodriguez in the face.
Baggies boss Slaven Bilic was also dismissed after confronting referee Mike Dean at half-time, and even Matheus Pereira’s brilliant free-kick to make it 2-2 early in the second half could not save them as Calvert-lewin and Michael Keane took the game away from them.