Last year Sunderland departed West Yorkshire on a snowy February night with their hopes of automatic promotion from the Championship in tatters. Leeds had come from behind to clinch a 95th‑minute win that would take them top of the second tier and only the most optimistic visiting fans expected a rematch this season.
Fast forward to a balmy March evening, though, and Régis Le Bris’s well‑executed gameplan lifted an injury hit yet streetwise Sunderland and their debutant goalkeeper Melker Ellborg to 11th in the Premier League.
Written by Louise Taylor at Elland Road
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/03/leeds-sunderland-premier-league-match-report under the title “Habib Diarra’s decisive penalty for streetwise Sunderland sees off Leeds”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
