Leeds United writer Lee Sobot with his verdict from the Elland Road stands on the 2-1 victory against Championship visitors Plymouth Argyle.
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00:00 Hello there, Lee Sobot at the Yorkshire Evening Post here from Ellen Road where Leeds United
00:06 recorded a 2-1 victory against Plymouth Argyle to make it five straight home wins and ultimately
00:13 to close the gap on Leicester City down to eight points after a 1-0 defeat for the Foxes
00:18 at Middlesbrough for whom, guess who, Sam Greenwood scored the only goal of the game.
00:22 Agent Sam as people are saying it, with that one a player in terrific form. But let's focus
00:26 on Leeds United obviously who are in pretty decent form themselves. A strange sort of
00:31 game this really because Leeds raced into a 2-0 lead and could have had more than two
00:36 goals by half-time. The same after the interval really, plenty of chances to go further clear
00:42 from Plymouth. Not particularly great in front of goal after the break and as so often happens
00:47 when you miss so many chances, the other team pull a goal back. Plymouth got one back with
00:51 six minutes left through Ben Wayne and really it was a bit of a nervy conclusion. It has
00:55 to be said, people can say Leeds were maybe not in top gear in the second half but all
01:01 it would have taken was one more goal and this ends up in a 2-2 draw. So there's definitely
01:05 lessons to take from that. But it all looked a bit too easy for Leeds in the first half,
01:10 just blitz Plymouth. Plymouth actually started pretty well and they look like a decent side.
01:13 It's got to be said, obviously they're making a pretty good fist of it having come up from
01:17 last season. Obviously Ipswich are the ones who have really taken the division by storm
01:22 coming up from League One. But Plymouth are doing well in their own right really. They
01:25 were initially hard to break down but bit by bit Leeds started to get through them.
01:30 One-nil through Dan James, great pressing there from Glenn Kamara to hurry the defender
01:34 into the clearance which fell straight to James with a clinical finish. He's obviously
01:38 always been criticised for end products but he's certainly getting that now. That was
01:42 one-nil and then the second goal from Joel Pirot played in and then just a nice calm
01:46 finish and as I say, they could have had more goals really. Only two-nil at the interval.
01:50 It kind of felt like game over even though obviously two-nil is not exactly a huge advantage.
01:55 Plenty of chances missed after the break and Rutair missed quite a few of them. He played
01:58 very, very well again though. He's just such a bag of tricks and he just needs to finish
02:03 off a few more chances obviously but no doubt on his skill. And then obviously a goal back
02:08 for Plymouth which made for a Nerby finale. I think it was six, seven, eight minutes added
02:11 time in the end. But Leeds got the job done and there was a big cheer here when the results
02:15 were read out that Leicester had got another win for Ipswich. So Leeds are now eight-nil
02:20 points off both of them and that's obviously it now for the international break. But you've
02:23 got to say, apart from the bumpy start that Leeds had, which is why there is this gap,
02:28 as was always going to be the case probably with the things that happen in the summer
02:32 with players coming and going, they're ticking along pretty nicely. There's still a decent
02:36 gap to close there and it's far from a three-horse race. Southampton are going as well, it must
02:39 be said. But they're definitely going in the right direction, Leeds. Just really obviously
02:44 could do with taking more of the chances to put games like this to bed. But Daniel Farke
02:47 said afterwards, "If you'd have offered me 2-1 beforehand, I would have taken that and
02:51 that's what it finished as it finished. Leeds United 2, Plymouth Argyle 1." That's it for
02:56 the international break.