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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Fisher at the King Power Stadium

Leicester’s Harvey Barnes punishes Leeds to hand Jesse Marsch losing start

Harvey Barnes celebrates scoring what proved the only goal of the game as Leicester beat Leeds
Harvey Barnes celebrates scoring what proved the only goal of the game as Leicester beat Leeds. Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC/Getty Images

Life after Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds does not look dull but for all the promise, fun and trademark buccaneering style, there was a painfully familiar outcome as Jesse Marsch’s first game in charge ended in a slender defeat.

It was all change on the sidelines – for the first time in three-and-a-half years the Leeds technical area was clear of an enigmatic figure perched on a blue club-branded bucket – but they piled forward with their typical gusto and despite creating countless chances departed with nothing to show for an encouraging performance after Harvey Barnes’s cool second-half finish earned back-to-back wins for Leicester.

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