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Leeds moved closer to Premier League promotion with a 2-0 win over Coventry as goals from Joel Piroe and Jayden Bogle extended their lead at the top to five points.
Leed’s United’s Joel Piroe (left) celebrates after scoring the opening goal. (Reuters Photo)
Leeds took another step towards the Premier League as the Championship leaders won 2-0 at Coventry on Wednesday.
First-half strikes from Joel Piroe and Jayden Bogle ensured Leeds would stretch their advantage at the top to five points.
Coventry had won their previous four games but they were no match for Daniel Farke’s promotion chasers.
Leeds could have had more but they gladly settled for a sixth successive clean sheet in all competitions and extended their unbeaten run to 14 games.
They have made a habit of scoring early in recent games and this time they struck in the 17th minute.
Ellis Simms played a lazy back-pass deep into his own half and Manor Solomon slipped through to Piroe, who buried his 13th goal of the campaign.
Coventry were the architects of their own downfall again when Leeds increased the advantage after 26 minutes.
Bogle’s poor touch looked to have allowed Coventry keeper Oliver Dovin to halt his run into the area.
But Dovin spilled it back into the path of the defender and he slotted home from close-range.
Coventry thought they had got one back after half-time, but Illan Meslier produced a fine save to repel Simms’ header.
Dovin twice denied Leeds by stopping stop low drilled efforts from Solomon and Piroe.
Dovin may have been to blame for Leeds’ second but he also spread himself to stop Largie Ramazani with his feet.
Meslier kept his clean-sheet intact by tipping Bobby Thomas’ header on to the bar in the closing stages.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – AFP)
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