Analysis: Leeds rediscover scoring touch

Dominic Calvert-Lewin celebrates after scoring his first Leeds United goal at Wolverhampton WanderersImage source, Getty Images
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After going three consecutive Premier League games without finding the net, fans and pundits alike had been questioning where Leeds' goals were going to come from this season.

The visitors went into the game having yet to score from open play in the top flight but they delivered an emphatic response to their doubters with three fantastic first-half strikes.

For all the questions over his fitness record, Dominic Calvert-Lewin's wonderful first-half header suggests he has lost none of the aerial threat that earned him a reputation as one of the league's most dangerous strikers around the turn of the decade.

If Leeds' first goal was good, their second was even better as Anton Stach combined precision and power to curl a wonderful free-kick into the top corner after Calvert-Lewin had been fouled by Ladislav Krejci on the edge of the box

Noah Okafor's calm finish late in the half meant Leeds had scored three first-half goals in a Premier League away game for the first time since December 2020, when they beat West Brom 5-0 at the Hawthorns.

Daniel Farke's side adopted a more measured approach in the second half, restricting Wolves to few clear-cut opportunities while continuing to pose a threat on the counter-attack.

Their two-goal cushion rarely looked under serious threat, however, and they comfortably held on to win their first top-flight away game since beating Wolves 4-2 at Molineux in March 2023.

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