By Philip O’Connor, Reuters.
Leeds United’s Noah Okafor scored twice as his side grabbed a morale-boosting 2-1 Premier League away win over bitter rivals Manchester United, who had Lisandro Matinez sent off in the 56th minute for pulling the hair of Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Manchester United remain third in the table on 55 points, ahead of Aston Villa on goal difference, while 15th-placed Leeds put some more daylight between them and the teams battling relegation by moving up to 36 points, six ahead of Tottenham Hotspur in 18th.
Okafor opened the scoring in the fifth minute and added a deflected second before the half-hour mark as Manchester United coughed up possession cheaply while trying to play out from the back, and the sending-off of defender Martinez after a VAR review looked to have killed off any chance of a comeback.
However, Brazilian midfielder Casemiro had other ideas and he pulled a goal back with a header in the 69th minute, but Leeds keeper Karl Darlow pulled off a string of fine saves as his side put in an enormous defensive effort to ensure that they emerged with the victory.