Manning had missed the Robins previous two games following the death of his baby son Theo. Bristol City made a bright start, but it took two saves from Max O’Leary to deny Willy Gnonto and Dan James from giving Leeds a half-time advantage. Then, after Gnont’s break, O’Leary was brought down, and Zach Vyner came back to cover and cleared the ball off the line as the hosts held on to secure the points.
Before kick-off, Manning’s son was given a minute’s applause, and fans also demonstrated in the stands, chanting “fly high.” On the eve of the match, the 39 year old manning thanked his fans for the “really magnificent” support received by him and his family.
Bristol City has the ability to expand the invincible mileage in six games in six games in the presence of manning in the victory in Midlus Blo, and to participate in another battle and go to the top of the championship table. I refused the lid. The hosts created the best early chances, with Yu Hirakawa particularly impressive, but Luke McNally acrobaticly missed a shot on target.
Leeds were limited to just a few meaningful chances until Jayden Bogle headed a goal into the side netting in the 34th minute. Gnont and James then quickly called O’Leary onto the field.
The goalkeeper’s attempt to deny James, making his first start since returning from a hamstring injury, produced a superb save as he leapt off his line to deny the Wales international a chipped shot. Viner was perfectly positioned to deny Gounandt a goal-scoring lead after receiving a back pass from James early in the second half.
Then Leeds substitute Mateo Joseph missed a chance to score with his first touch after replacing Joel Pillow, sending a close-range header over the bar after meeting a clever cross from Sam Byram at the near post. Although Bristol City enjoyed the end of a busy day, they will still have to pay the price for the result as Scotland international Ross McCrorie was injured after only just returning from injury.
“We did more than enough to win this difficult away game. We had 70 percent possession, 4-for-17 shots, 10 times the expected goals, and literally didn’t give them a single chance.
“I felt like we produced more than enough, not just by scoring goals. I have to say we were a bit wasted in front of the goal. “From a statistical point of view, yes we were more or less dominant and it was a very good game, but there is still a feeling that we were not at our best.”
