Leeds United 1-0 Norwich City: Patrick Bamford scores winner as Leeds move closer to automatic promotion spots
Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Leeds United and Norwich City at Elland Road; Patrick Bamford scored the game's solitary goal with a thumping first-half header
Wednesday 24 January 2024 22:09, UK
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Leeds climbed to within two points of the Sky Bet Championship's automatic-promotion places with a 1-0 win against Norwich at Elland Road.
Patrick Bamford scored the game's solitary goal with a thumping first-half header and that was enough to seal Leeds their fifth straight win in all competitions and keep the pressure on their promotion rivals.
Norwich were not without their chances — Gabriel Sara's first-half effort was the best of them — but they slipped to their first defeat in six games and failed to climb into the play-off places.
In a fixture brought forward because both sides are in FA Cup action this weekend, there was little to excite the crowd in the opening quarter of an hour.
But Bamford changed that in the 16th minute after a concerted spell of home pressure as his fourth goal in five games put Leeds ahead.
Georginio Rutter and Daniel James combined on the edge of the box and the latter provided a pinpoint assist to the far post where Bamford expertly headed back across a flat-footed Angus Gunn and into the far corner.
Norwich, Leeds boss Daniel Farke's former club, did not stir until Josh Sargent's shot was blocked in the 35th minute and captain Kenny McLean then blazed a golden chance over the crossbar.
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But Leeds' dominance was not reflected in chances and Norwich served another warning just before the break when
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