Newcastle Still Waiting For First Win Of Season After Stalemate At Leeds

Daniel Farke talks endlessly astir Leeds’s affectional fanbase and nan request to make Elland Road a wall so, if his men are to enactment successful nan Premier League, a constituent for illustration this could beryllium priceless.

Farke’s newly-promoted side, who hit Everton present successful their season-opener, eked retired a hard-earned tie against a Newcastle outfit pinch acold loftier ambitions.

Genuine goalscoring chances were scarce passim for some sides and really nan visitors could person utilized Nick Woltemade, their caller club-record signing from Stuttgart who watched connected from nan stands.

The Germany striker, who stands 6ft 6in, completed his move successful a woody worthy up to £69million earlier successful nan time and was not eligible to feature, but looked entertained by what he saw.

The ambiance was raucous and Leeds, while lacking value successful nan last third, showed they will beryllium nary pushovers astatine their vintage location this season. “We each emotion Leeds, we each emotion Leeds,” chorused nan location stands astatine nan last whistle.

Leeds went into nan lucifer connected nan backmost of a traumatic week which included a 5-0 hammering astatine Arsenal past Saturday and a humiliating Carabao Cup exit astatine nan hands of Sheffield Wednesday 3 days later.

Farke’s broadside mislaid 3-0 connected penalties astatine Hillsborough to a Wednesday broadside made up mostly of academy players, truthful nan sojourn of Newcastle was a clip for nan hosts to guidelines their ground.

If Leeds were to suffer a 2nd successive drubbing, could they really see themselves fresh to found themselves successful nan Premier League? Leeds had not mislaid present successful nan convention since 14 September past year, a tally of 21 games and a grounds presently bettered by only 2 sides successful nan apical 4 tiers of English football.

The locals belted retired nan Leeds anthem Marching connected Together pinch almost belief zeal earlier kick-off and, pinch nan aged stadium resembling thing of a lion’s den, location was surely nary hiding spot for Newcastle.

Not that location was immoderate proposal they were looking. Roared connected by a boisterous distant pursuing successful a area of Elland Road’s vintage West Stand, Eddie Howe’s men purred ominously astatine times during nan opening quarter. Tino Livramento escaped down nan near flank wrong nan 5th infinitesimal and delivered a delicious debased transverse crossed nan look of goal, pinch nary Newcastle subordinate connected manus to convert.

It was a informing to Leeds successful nan incessant, swirling drizzle and Will Osula, nan erstwhile Sheffield United striker who was making his first Premier League commencement for Newcastle, past went close. He latched connected to a transverse from Jacob Ramsey and deed a changeable which drew a captious artifact from Leeds’ awesome Sweden world left-back, Gabriel Gudmundsson.

The hosts gradually steadied themselves and began to airs immoderate questions of their own, pinch Italy winger Willy Gnonto their biggest threat connected nan near flank.

Newcastle continued to probe and Ramsey crossed to Osula, whose changeable was blocked by Gudmundsson.

For Leeds, Gnonto astatine times looked arsenic if he was connected a one-man ngo to unlock Newcastle’s defence. The diminutive winger was superb, driving astatine nan bosom of nan Geordies’ defence and causing them plentifulness of problems.

For Leeds, excessively often they lacked a last shot and cutting separator required to breach nan visiting rearguard. That was typified successful nan 35th infinitesimal erstwhile Sweden left-back Gudmundsson delivered a teasing debased transverse to nan acold post.

It was crying retired for a location subordinate to hide it, but Dan James and Jayden Bogle sewage successful each other’s measurement and nan opportunity was spurned.

Two minutes earlier nan break, Jacob Murphy was afforded nan abstraction to deed a fierce right-foot changeable which Lucas Perri parried for a corner.

Moments later, Fabian Schär’s clever coiled effort was deflected complete for a area which came to nothing.

Six minutes into nan 2nd half, Bogle collected possession 25 yards from extremity and blazed complete nan crossbar.

Moments later, Murphy went adjacent for Newcastle pinch a long-range piledriver which Lucas Perri tipped astir a post. Farke threw connected Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Jack Harrison successful nan last 4th arsenic nan brace helped to Leeds frighten a victor which did not rather materialise.