Leeds United climbed to third in the Premier League with a superb Elland Road performance as they inflicted a heavy 4-1 defeat on a helpless Newcastle United.
A 14-minute burst in the first half proved too much for the Magpies, with an own goal from Lewis Miley following strikes by Jayden Bogle and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, before Noah Okafor netted in the second period.
Leeds now sit third on eight points – just four adrift of champions and leaders Arsenal.
Daniel Farke’s side needed a slice of luck to take the lead when Ao Tanaka’s 32nd-minute strike took a wicked double deflection off Sean Steur and Miley before looping into the bottom corner.
Just two minutes and 42 seconds later, Calvert-Lewin thought he had headed in Leeds’ second but the final touch came off the top of team-mate Bogle’s head for 2-0.
But, a minute into stoppage time, Calvert-Lewin claimed his goal with a composed finish across Lukas Hornicek – taking his career tally against Newcastle to eight.
It went from bad to worse for Newcastle in the second half when substitute Okafor slotted home Leeds’ fourth of the night.
Substitute Bazoumana Toure managed to find a consolation goal for the visitors in the 90th minute, but it was too little too late.
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Two wins and two draws have taken Leeds up to third in the Premier League after four games, with only Manchester City and Arsenal having more points.
After securing safety on their return to the top flight last season with a 14th-place finish, this is a start Leeds fans would have dreamed of.
In fact, only in 1995-96, 1998-99, 2001-02, and now 2026-27 have Leeds avoided defeat in each of their first four in the competition in the Premier League era.
And that is not the only positive, as Elland Road is becoming the fortress Farke will have hoped for, with their last defeat coming on 3 March.
Calvert-Lewin was at his physical best against the team he has more goals against than any other.
The Leeds number nine certainly shows up at home. Since the start of last season, only Erling Haaland (16) and Igor Thiago (13) have scored more Premier League home goals than Calvert-Lewin’s 10.
It is hard to know what Leeds’ true ambitions are this term, but they may be using Sunderland’s seventh-place finish last season as an example of what is achievable.
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