Premier League: Leeds United 3-0 Chelsea: Mendy howler costs Blues as hosts clinch stunning win

First
half
goals
from
Brenden
Aaronson
(33)
and
Rodrigo
Moreno
(37)
and
Jack
Harrison’s
(69)
goal
in
the
second
half
sealed
a
stunning
win
for
the
hosts,
who
clinched
their
first
triumph
over
their
London
rivals
for
almost
two
decades.

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Just
half
an
hour
into
the
game,
Blues
goalkeeper
Mendy,
put
his
side
on
the
back
foot,
when
he
allowed
Aaronson
to
dispossess
him
inside
his
six-yard
area
midway
through
the
first
half
for
a
simple
tap
in.
Rodrigo
doubled
the
lead
for
the
hosts
with
his
fourth
goal
of
the
season,
while
Harrison
cemented
a
famous
win
for
Jesse
Marsch’s
men.

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A
frustrated
Thomas
Tuchel,
who
was
in
the
dugout
after
being
handed
a
red
card
during
their
London
derby
draw
against
Tottenham,
was
left
wondering
how
to
game
unravelled
as
the
Blues
fell
to
a
shocking
loss
under
the
sunny
skies
in
West
Yorkshire.
With
this
the
Blues
now
have
one
win,
one
draw
and
one
loss
from
the
ongoing
Premier
League
season.

Meanwhile,
hosts
Leeds
United,
unbeaten
so
far,
registered
their
second
win
of
the
season,
following
their
2-2
daw
to
Southampton
last
weekend.

Amid
a
high-energy
start
that
saw
the
hosts
hassle
their
visitors
on
and
off
the
ball,
Raheem
Sterling
thought
he
had
curled
an
opener
in
just
shy
of
the
quarter-hour
mark,
only
for
the
assistant
referee’s
flag
to
rule
him
offside.

That
disallowed
finish
would
come
back
to
bite
the
Blues
just
beyond
the
half-hour
when
Mendy’s
decision
to
dally
with
a
backpass
saw
him
pay
dearly
as
Aaronson
darted
in
to
rob
the
Senegal
international
and
roll
the
ball
into
the
net.

Just
four
minutes
later,
Leeds
had
Elland
Road
rocking
further
as
they
doubled
their
tally
with
Rodrigo’s
header,
the
Spaniard
powering
home
from
Jack
Harrison’s
free-kick
after
Sterling
had
committed
a
foul
just
outside
the
box.

Chelsea
resisted
changes,
and
briefly
it
appeared
as
if
Tuchel’s
men
could
force
a
comeback,
but
when
Harrison
finished
off
Rodrigo’s
knockdown
with
a
quarter
of
the
game
to
go,
the
result
was
sealed.

It
was
to
get
worse
for
the
visitors,
who
ended
the
match
a
man
down
after
Kalidou
Koulibaly
was
shown
a
second
yellow
card
for
dragging
down
Joe
Gelhardt,
and
Chelsea
ultimately
skulked
from
the
field
in
the
shadow
of
a
famous
Leeds
win.

While
Chelsea
will
look
to
put
the
past
two
games
behind
them
and
bounce
back
to
winning
ways
when
they
take
on
Leicester
City
next
weekend,
Leeds
United
will
hope
to
maintain
their
unbeaten
run
when
they
take
on
Barnsley.

Source:
Inputs
from
OPTA