Whites bounce back

Bournemouth 1-3 Leeds United

After Saturdays dismal display which saw us throw away a 1-0 lead against Carlisle, to lose 3-1, Dennis Wise was demanding a strong response from his side, and within 3 minutes of kickoff, Tresor Kandol was on hand to open the scoring.

Tresor slipped by the Bournemouth defence, firing a shot straight at the opposition keeper which fortuitously deflected back into Tresors path to be slotted home.

Despite Bournemouth's poor start to the campaign, they weren't ready to roll over and die and equalised with a drilled shot from Jern Karacan 8 minutes before half time. It was no less than they deserved as Casper Ankergren saw a busy first half end on level terms.

10 minutes into the second half and Leeds were back infront, with Seb Carole restoring the Whites lead. Things went from bad to worse for Bournemouth as card-crazy referee Steve Bennett dismissed Bournemouth's lone striker, Lee Bradury for swinging an arm at Matt Heath. There certainly didn't seem to be anything malicious about it, but Bennett being the man he is had no problems pulling out his red card to all but seal Bournemouth's fate.

All that was left was for Tresor Kandol to add his second and wrap up the nights proceedings three minutes from time.

Overall, a good display from Leeds United, who took their chances well and deserved the points. However, there's still a few worrying areas that need addressing, most notably the increased amount of goals we're conceeding in recent weeks. Bournemouth will be left feeling a little bitter following the result and the red card, but Leeds took their chances well, whilst Bournemouth wasted all but one of theres. The result is a fair reflection of this, and see's Leeds back up into 7th.

An important result, and great to get back to winning ways before the FA Cup halts league proceedings this week. The next league match will be on the 17th of November when Dennis Wise's old team, Swindon visit Elland Road.

Highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAs1dexHSYY

Defeated!

It took 13 games, but the inevitable first defeat has now come. 3-1 away to league leaders Carlisle probably doesn't sound too bad, but the result more than flattered Carlisle and Leeds will regret many missed chances.

In recent weeks Leeds have failed to capitalise on their superior possession and chances, but uptil now we've been somewhat lucky and managed to leave games with at least a point. Carlisle however, were a better team than anyone we've encountered so far, and after the break they came out stronger, knowing they could turn Leeds over.

Our record is still pretty amazing, and we're still in a very strong position considering where we were at the start of the season. This fact however doesn't make the result anymore acceptable. The Leeds team got a little lazy in recent weeks and need to now pull together and come back stronger. We still have a long way to go, and a lot to prove. Injuries is an all to convenient excuse that I don't want to hear, and Gus Poyets absence is something else we need to forget about. Losing a match we dominated the majority of and led is unacceptable.