Leeds United moved into the top half of the Championship thanks to Joel Piroe’s brace and Georginio Rutter’s goal sealing an impressive 3-0 win over hosts Millwall on Sunday and a second win for the Whites in the campaign.
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Millwall started well, but Leeds weathered the early storm, including a handball penalty appeal, and took the lead after 15 minutes after a quick Piroe counter-attack.
The counter-attack came seconds after some excellent defending by Luke Ayling saved the Whites as Millwall raced towards goal following a missed pass by Whites goalkeeper Illan Meslier.
Leeds then charged through midfield and Rutter fed Piroe the final pass for a beautiful, composed finish into the bottom right corner of the net.
Daniel Farke’s side then almost doubled their advantage when Crysencio Summerville’s brilliant effort from a tight angle narrowly missed the left post.
Millwall looked to respond and Meslier’s save stopped a furious first-half attack from Ryan Longman that ended 1-0 to the Whites.
No changes were made at the interval, then Millwall finished less than two minutes after the restart thanks to Tom Bradshaw, who was replaced by Casper de Norre but saw off the His onslaught was blocked by Meslier.
Lions boss Gary Rowett made three changes in the 64th minute, followed by the introduction of Jaidon Anthony and Dan James from the Whites’ bench, Anthony on his Leeds debut as Summerville and Gnonto entered the field.
Thirteen minutes later, James assisted Piroe to double the score and give United the advantage, James staggered as he attempted to convert Rutter’s pass but the ball found Piroe, who could not miss from close range.
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Millwall had the ball cleared and the Whites then added a third goal four minutes later through Rutter, who fired the ball from the center of the box after Piroe’s pass on the counter-attack.
Piroe was then brought on with seven minutes remaining when Glen Kamara, another summer signing, was introduced and Leeds almost added a fourth a few minutes later through Anthony, who opened the scoring in the box but could not finish.
Another summer signing, Ilia Gruev, was then brought on for his Los Blancos debut with just a minute left to replace the excellent Gray, while Joe Gelhardt also came on for Rutter.
The Whites were cruising to victory and some excellent last-ditch defending from standout Ethan Ampadu saw Millwall completely eliminated as Farke’s Whites moved up to tenth place.
Millwall:
Bialkowski, Norton-Cuffy, Leonard, Cooper, Wallace, Longman (Emakhu 73), Mitchell, De Norre (Flemming 64), Campbell (Esse 64), Bradshaw, Nisbet (Watmore 64).
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