"Jaka Bijol headed Leeds into an early lead with his first goal for the club and Ao Tanaka arrowed a brilliant strike into the bottom corner for his first of the season two minutes before half-time."
"A fierce rivalry stretching back to the late 1960s resumed at Elland Road amid a white-hot atmosphere at kick-off and Leeds tore into the Londoners before sweeping into a sixth-minute lead. Anton Stach's corner to the near post picked out the charging Bijol and although Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sánchez got a hand to the big Slovenia defender's thumping header, it was too powerful to keep out."
"Leeds never allowed their opponents to settle in the opening 20 minutes and wasted further chances through Pascal Struijk and Tanaka before Chelsea began to get a foothold in the game. But the visitors had to wait 39 minutes before carving out their first chance, through Liam Delap, which was easily gathered by Leeds goalkeeper Lucas Perri. Leeds had lost after scoring the first goal in two of their last three matches, but doubled their lead two minutes before the interval."
Leeds United produced a dominant 3-1 win over Chelsea at Elland Road, moving out of the Premier League bottom three. Jaka Bijol opened the scoring with his first goal for the club and Ao Tanaka curled a 25-yard strike into the bottom corner just before half-time. Chelsea pulled one back early in the second half through substitute Pedro Neto, but Dominic Calvert-Lewin restored Leeds' two-goal advantage. Leeds imposed early pressure, converted a sixth-minute set-piece from Anton Stach, limited Chelsea's clear opportunities, and ended a four-match losing run, easing pressure on manager Daniel Farke.
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