Leeds United supporters have been left fearing the worst after their defeat to Arsenal left them inside the Premier League relegation zone. A win for Everton at Leicester compounded their 2-1 defeat at the Emirates, a scoreline that didn’t quite reflect proceedings in North London.
Two early goals, the first of which coming from a horrendous error from Illan Meslier, gave the Whites an uphill task and it was made 10 times harder in the 27th minute. Luke Ayling dived in two-footed on Gabriel Martinelli in an innocuous area of the pitch and was rightly shown a red card after consultation with VAR.
With one of very few Leeds attacks, Diego Llorente halved the deficit when he smashed in from Junior Firpo’s near-post flick-on. But, Arsenal closed the game in fairly comfortable fashion despite the valiant efforts of the 10 visiting players.
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The afternoon was made much worse by Everton’s first away win since August, at Leicester, which moved them out of the bottom three and plunged Leeds into real danger. It means the Whites are inside the relegation zone on goal difference and staring a return to the Championship in the face.
Although, the heart and character shown in the second half has renewed a bit of hope that had drained out of the fanbase in the first half. Here is what a selection of supporters had to say on social media following the defeat this afternoon.
