Key events
Will Unwin has it all covered in his report from Elland Road.
Nuno spoke to Sky: “We didn’t deal with the problems. We didn’t deal with many things. We have to work hard and be much better. I feel the players want to, but they switch off in many moments.
“Tomorrow we work. Now is the time for sadness. Let’s keep on going. We need the fans since we arrive, it’s up to us. We need to give them something to deserve that support.”
Jarrod Bowen spoke to Sky, and like on Monday after the Brentford defeat, he didn’t hold back: “We have to go out there and fight more than anything. The Premier League is the hardest league. We’re not playing well and not getting results. We need to change it. We’re the only ones that can change it.
“We’ve talked as a group, but it’s down to the players as well. We speak to each other, but there’s only so much. It’s got to come from within. We can show it a lot more. Nine games we’ve had, one win and we’re second bottom. We haven’t been great at home, but now is the time to roll your sleeves up.”
Brendan Aaronson spoke to Sky: “To stick it out and get the result is huge for us. I have been working hard at it and last week I got unlucky with one, but that is how football is. I am proud of myself. It shows how strong of a group we are. We were unlucky with the result [against Burnley], but we bounced back. We have got to keep going from here.”
So did fellow scorer Joe Rodon: “I think every team is difficult in this league. I’m a bit frustrated to concede at the end, but overall delighted with the three points. It was important to keep that momentum and make it difficult for teams to come here.”
Stat via the BBC: “West Ham’s four points from nine games is their joint-worst return ever at this stage of a league campaign, also picking up just four in the second tier in 1932-33 and in 1973-74 in the top-flight (both using three points for a win).”
They stayed up in 1973-74, the last season Bobby Moore played for the club. Frank Lampard Snr played all 42 matches.
Will Unwin’s report has already landed.
The table makes yet grimmer reading for West Ham. Comfort for Leeds. The team below them, Brentford and Nottingham Forest, face Liverpool and Bournemouth respectively.
Full-time: Leeds 2-1 West Ham
Well done to Leeds who got the job done; they will be delighted. The damage was done in a ruinous start for West Ham, who were improved once Nuno brought on a midfield with creativity. This is their joint-worst start to a season. That was a six-pointer, and one they got nothing from. Big smiles from Daniel Farke. Nuno stays, as ever, impassive, though there is a tinge of melancholy.
90+4 min: Huge cheers as Ampadu wins a free-kick. Leeds think they can see this one out. Perri – on a yellow – takes his time. “We are Leeds” rings out as the job is completed.
90+3 min: James Justin smashes into Walker-Peters and is booked. VAR looks to see if was a red card offence. It isn’t.
90+2 min: Todibo booked for dissent as he throw the ball down in rage at an Attwell decision. Silly boy; it’s his team’s time he’s wasting.
90+1 min: There’s going to be four minutes to see out for Leeds. Suddenly, West Ham are full of vigour. A draw from here would be a disaster for Leeds but there’s cheers and respite when Todibo’s weak attempt lands in Perri’s hands.
Goal! Leeds 2-1 West Ham (Fernandes, 90)
Bowen’s chip and Fernandes’ flicked header and the Hammers are back in it. That was very well taken.
89 min: West Ham have given far more effort in the second half but been blunted when it came to final passes and balls. Wilson has run hard but looks rusty.
87 min: The Leeds fans, having had the attendance over 36,000 read out, then mock the London Stadium.
86 min: Off go Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Brendan Aaronson, on come Dan James and Lukas Nmecha.
83 min: Perri is booked for delaying another West Ham corner. Fernandes takes this one, and that’s cleared. Harrison robs Paqueta but it falls to Potts. All Hammers at the moment but Leeds are winning the battle for the skies. Rodon heads away.
82 min: Nice West Ham move, Diouf bursting on to a Paqueta layoff, but the ball is deflected behind. Another Hammers corner. Attwell and Paqueta are rowing over the ball being in the ‘d’.
80 min: Feels like West Ham have lots of full-backs and not enough forwards. They have had plenty of the ball. Freddie Potts has been influential; the latest midfield prospect, it seems.
78 min: Hammers corner, headed out, and Diouf blams his shot somewhere in the direction of Batley. Boos as Summerville goes off from away fans, Paqueta is kept on, looks like a change of heart from Nuno. Also off is Wan-Bissaka, as Magassa and Kyle Walker-Peters comes on.
76 min: Gruev is booked for a tactical foul on Paqueta, stopping the danger man escaping. West Ham about to make more changes. Paqueta is due to be one of them. That will go down well.
75 min: Lee Woodard gets in touch: “I’m concerned that every manager who joins West Ham suddenly goes blind. Every fan can see Potts and Fernandez must start. Soucek and Irving can’t run. Or pass. Sully [David Sullivan] obviously not funding private eye tests.”
There’s a gag about Mr Sullivan’s products making people go blind to be cracked but…well, yeah.
73 min: Fernandes out to Paqueta, bit more swing to West Ham. Potts is making a difference, too. Leeds are retreating into their shell while trying not to get too far back. Delicate balance to be struck.
71 min: West Ham win a free-kick, Paqueta fouled, and Fernandes will take it. That was dreadful, the ball looped up and over, and out. Perri watching it run out.
69 min: Leeds have lost a bit of control. Tanaka’s influence has faded and Ilia Gruev is coming on, the Bulgarian.
67 min: Justin Kavanagh: “Friar Nuno and his brotherhood seem to be reduced to Hail Marys at this stage. At this rate, West Ham haven’t got a prayer and will need a miracle to stay up.”
Also JK: “Just when Leeds fans were entering a period when they might be able to enjoy the last 20 minutes with an all-too-rare 2-0 lead, and you have to go and mention Paris 1975.”
Well, they started it by singing about it.
66 min: Charles Antaki gets in touch: “Perhaps it’s a good job that Nuno’s facial expressions range only from placid to imperturbable, with perhaps a shy smile thrown in if things are going exceptionally well. Not that that particular expression will trouble him much tonight, or for the foreseeable future.”
Paqueta is channelling his rage into actual football now, and has a shot blocked. When Wilson is tackled, he wins the first West Ham corner of the night. It is duly wasted.
65 min: Here comes Fernandes and Potts, off go Soucek and Andy Irving, the Scottish wizard.
63 min: Matheus Fernandes and Freddie Potts are imminent for West Ham. Is there a more East End name than Freddie Potts? Born in Barking, too, though dad Steve, Hammers legend was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the insurance capital of the USA.
61 min: Leeds showing more danger on the counter, Harrison’s shot will not beat Areola this time, though.
