How Albion beat Leeds 3-0 and what was being said after the game

Albion enjoyed their biggest Premier League win and first home clean sheet since the Valentine’s Night when Chelsea were in town.

And their 3-0 win over Leeds will reassure a few people after two away defeats.

Our post-match audio looks back on a pleasing afternoon with, inevitably, a lot of focus on two-goal Diego Gomez.

We look at the pleasing nature of his second-half strikes which were very different to his long-rangers we have seen at times.

And we reveal just a slight difference of opinion when we gave a view on Gomez’s progress and then asked Fabian Hurzeler for his thoughts.

We also suggest this should be a more upbeat week ahead going into the Crystal Palace game.

And one in which there might be less desire to pine for a former nead coach.

Albion were eager from the start.

Early on, Ethan Ampadu gave the ball away in midfield, Yasin Ayari drove at goal but gave Lucas Perri an easy save.

The opener arrived on 11 minutes. Yankuba Minteh clipped the ball wide into the path of Mats Wieffer, who teed up Danny Welbeck to finish into the empty net.

A wonderful tackle from Jan Paul van Hecke to win the ball deep in the Leeds half set up Welbeck for an effort which curled the wrong side of the post.

Minteh came within inches of a deserved second, firing inches wide after a wonderful run.

All three of Leeds’ away goals in the league came in a 14-minute spell against bottom side Wolves in September, and here again they were painfully short of ideas.

Minteh teed up the 64th-mintue second. He was found by van Hecke, stood up Gabriel Gudmundsson then skipped beyond him and crossed low to where Gomez was arriving.

Georginio Rutter set up Gomez for his second and Perri prevented further damage for Leeds.

How Albion beat Leeds 3-0 and what was being said after the game

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