Leeds United Ended Aston Villa's Winning Start And Ruined Their Chance Of Going Top Of The Premier League Thanks To A Brilliant Patrick Bamford Hat-Trick In The League.
Villa came into Friday's game having won their first four games of a league campaign for the first time since 1930-31, but three expert finishes from the Leeds striker prevented the hosts making it a club record five victories on the spin to open their season. The result lifts Leeds to third - their highest position at the end of a day in the division since September 2002. It was reward for a relentlessly positive performance from an injury-hit visiting side that should probably have yielded more goals. In the first-half, Bamford missed with a header and then side-footed wide after being found by Jack Harrison's low cross at the end of swift counter-attacking move. Leeds' record signing Rodrigo was also guilty of spurning good opportunities, slicing one shot wide before seeing an effort blocked by Ezri Konsa. Dean Smith's Villa team, who had put seven goals past champions Liverpool in their previous home game, saw a Jack Grealish shot cleared off the line by Luke A...