The ball and the initiative in the game was up to the Leeds of Marcelo bielsa. Electricity and predisposition to create danger with very little, from West Ham of David moyes. With these ingredients, at times it seemed that from the cocktail shaker Elland road a tie would come out, but the set piece tipped the balance in favor of the 'hammers' (1-2) in the match that opened the 12th day of the Premier League.
The first to hit was Leeds. Not five minutes of play had elapsed when Liam cooper enabled Bamford in a heads up before Fabianski and the goalkeeper of West Ham he could not do more than commit a penalty to avoid the goal in the first instance. He did it also in a first release of Klich, but the VAR told the referee that the goalkeeper was not stepping on the line. So it was repeated and this second time Klich yes he cheated on Fabianski so that the 1-0 rose to the marker.
Already with advantage in the same Leeds of Bielsa He started to feel even more comfortable than in the initial section and took over the leather. But West Ham much less did he lose face to the duel, crouched waiting for his chance, and did not miss the one he had in 25 ', with Soucek heading to the network a service of Bowen from the corner. He could do something else to prevent it Meslier, but this time the young French goalkeeper was not fine at all.
It was reached with that 1-1 at halftime and the second act happened as a round trip in which the Leeds he lacked lucidity from three quarters onwards and with Benrahma as the one in charge of keeping alive the illusion of West Ham regarding taking the three points. But finally it was not the Algerian but Ogbonna, again in a set piece, which made the final 1-2 in the 80 '.
Already in the addition, Rodrigo Moreno had a header in the mouth of goal to achieve the tie, but Fabianski thwarted their intentions by getting the three dots to fly to London with a West Ham who slept this Friday in positions of European competitions.