Leeds back on top after Solomon nets vital winner
Leeds United moved back to the top of the EFL Championship table and edged one step closer to the Premier League with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Oxford United at Kassam Stadium.
Tottenham Hotspur loanee Manor Solomon was the hero for the visitors, as his first-half goal provided the only breakthrough of the match.
It was far from a vintage performance from Daniel Farke's side, with some profligacy in front of goal costing it in what could have been a more comfortable outing.
But having seen promotion rival Burnley and Sheffield United win earlier in the day, a cagey affair was perhaps to be expected.
After a tempered start, Leeds grew into the game with a flurry of half-chances before Solomon gave it the lead just past the half-hour mark.
Joe Rondon played a wonderful diagonal pass out to Jayden Bogle, who met the pass with an incisive run before picking out Solomon at the far post, the forward thumping his shot past Jamie Cumming.
Oxford gave the visitors a tough test from there, and made them work hard to hold on to the lead, but its struggles in attack persisted, with very few clear-cut chances produced.
Bogle and Solomon's connection proved to be the only real moment of quality in an otherwise uneventful match.
Leeds searched for a second goal to calm the nerves as the second half went on, but could not break through Oxford's defence for an insurance goal.
Farke will not mind that too much though, as the win took his side to the top of the table on 91 points, level with second-placed Burnley and five points clear of third-placed Sheffield United.
Oxford, meanwhile, is resigned to 19th place, three points above 20th-placed Hull City, with its work cut out if it is to stay in the division.
