Leeds United 0-0 Manchester United - recap and reaction: Whites play out stalemate with Red Devils at Elland Road

Leeds United take on arch rivals Manchester United at Elland Road.Leeds United take on arch rivals Manchester United at Elland Road.
Leeds United take on arch rivals Manchester United at Elland Road.
Leeds United host Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon - follow all the latest with our LIVE matchday blog below.

The Whites host their arch rivals at Elland Road this weekend as the two teams come to blows on Sunday afternoon in the Premier League.

Leeds will take on the Red Devils in West Yorkshire for the first time in nearly 18 years in league action following last summer's promotion from the Championship.

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Bielsa's men lost the reverse fixture 6-2 at Old Trafford in December and are looking to put things right in LS11 with a positive result against their long-standing foe.

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Key Events

  • Leeds host rivals Man Utd
  • First league meeting at Elland Road since 2003
  • Whites sit 10th, Red Devils are second
  • Kick-off is at 2pm
  • RESULT - Leeds United 0-0 Manchester United

90+2. Leeds cleared the initial free-kick. Greenwood delivers low from the right. Struijk puts it behind. This is NOT the time to concede...

90+2. Easy as you like. Awful delivery. Pressure relieved... for now.

90+4. Ayling wins a free-kick outside the Leeds box with 10 seconds or so left of the four added minutes.

The points are shared at Elland Road - it finishes 0-0 between these two old foe. A stark contrast compared to the Old Trafford reverse.

Maguire reaction post-match

Manchester United captain Harry Maguire on Sky Sports: “It was tight. We had control of the game without punishing them. We knew how they would play, our attacking players love a one v one but today it wasn’t to be.

“We kept them to a minimum, we were solid. We just couldn’t find that edge. The intensity was there, both teams were trying to play the right way.

“Bruno Fernandes had the best chance of the game and on another day he puts it in the back of the net and we take the points.

“It’s a big week for us.”

Kalvin Phillips post-match reaction

On Sky Sports: “This is what we are about, Leeds as a club and a team - making it hard for teams to come here. I enjoyed the game having a battle in midfield.

“We man mark every game. I tried to keep Bruno [Fernandes] quiet. Thankfully he didn’t pop up with a goal so my job is done. We are more vulnerable if we don’t pick wide men up. It is the way we play. The attackers are used to the marking and pressing.

“There were chances at either end. They had chances from set-pieces, we kept them quiet. We had a couple at the end. A fair result I think.”

Bielsa’s immediate reaction

Bielsa in his post-match press conference: “It was a very demanding game for us. For the game to not be unbalanced the team made a massive effort. The game for them was more natural. Even if they dominated more, we managed a similar amount of chance on goal - even if they had more of the ball. They had a lot more attacks than we did. I value everything we did to ensure the game didn’t become unbalanced.”

Bielsa reaction on Sky Sports

Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa to Sky Sports: “The balance of the game, we had to make a massive effort and our opponent takes on the game in a more natural way.

“We defended more or less well but it didn’t permit us to dominate, it was difficult for us to attack. Even if the game didn’t favour us we managed to have chances at goal and we didn’t receive too many chances at our goal.

“We have been playing against teams like Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City, and in games like this we have to concede some things.

“We wanted to improve our press when they were building from the back, and after we recovered the ball to keep it to allow us to attack.

“How the game went doesn’t allow us to think we should have won the game. As a result, the draw is important.”

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to Sky Sports: “There’s no guarantees in football that’s for sure. I thought we played well, dominated the second half, just didn’t have the ball to fall correctly for us in the moments we had.

“When two teams meet you create problems, you solve problems, they give you things to think about and we made them adjust to us. We put a really big shift in. I have seen Leeds run over teams in the second half and it was the opposite.

“You don’t lose momentum, we are disappointed not to win but the boys have a lot of respect for Leeds. This is not going to be something we look back on as derailing our season.”

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