Leeds United 0 Wolves 1: Deflected Raul Jimenez strike sinks Whites at Elland Road

By Lee Sobot
Published 19th Oct 2020, 22:04 BST
Updated 19th Oct 2020, 22:18 BST
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LEEDS United fell to their second defeat of the new Premier League season as a deflected strike from Raul Jimenez gave Wolves a 1-0 victory at Elland Road.

Leeds bossed the first-half with nine shots at goal compared to the visiting side's two with record signing Rodrigo having one of the best opportunities but seeing his half-volley from inside the area saved.

Helder Costa also blazed a good chance wide after a beautiful move involving Stuart Dallas, Mateusz Klich, Rodrigo and Patrick Bamford who also had the ball in the net but was well offside when heading home.

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Wolves' best chance came on the stroke of half-time but Whites keeper Illan Meslier produced a strong save to keep out a thunderous drive from Daniel Podence.

DECISIVE: Wolves celebrate their winning goal in Monday night's clash against Leeds United at Elland Road through a deflected Raul Jimenez strike. Picture by Bruce Rollinson.DECISIVE: Wolves celebrate their winning goal in Monday night's clash against Leeds United at Elland Road through a deflected Raul Jimenez strike. Picture by Bruce Rollinson.
DECISIVE: Wolves celebrate their winning goal in Monday night's clash against Leeds United at Elland Road through a deflected Raul Jimenez strike. Picture by Bruce Rollinson.

Wolves then looked to have taken the lead shortly after the break with a thunderous volley from Romain Saiss but a VAR check led to the effort being ruled out for offside.

Meslier then produced a fine save to tip a powerful shot from Podence behind for a corner as Wolves began the second half looking like a different side to the one seen before the break.

The visitors then bagged the only goal of the game in the 70th minute but with a huge slice of good fortune as Jimenez cut inside and unleashed an effort that took a huge deflection off Kalvin Phillips to beat Meslier.

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