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Leeds hit for six on disastrous afternoon

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Leeds were hit for six by Watford at Elland Road on a desperate afternoon for the side.

The whites finished the game with nine men as Jason Pearce was shown a straight red card in the final minutes of the first half and Rodolph Austin was stretchered off in the opening moments of the second half with Leeds having used their three substitutes.

David Norris hit the post in Leeds first meaningful attack after Watford had started the game the stronger.

Luke Varney also had a good chance for Leeds when El Hadji Diouf played the striker in on goal but Manuel Almunia denied the forward.

Watford went ahead close to the half hour when Matej Vydra found himself in behind the Leeds defence and he beat Paddy Kenny in the Leeds goal.

Leeds were being hit on the break and Almen Abdi came close to doubling the lead for the visitors when Kenny made a good save for Leeds.

Abdi once again went close for the visitors in the closing minutes of the half when he shot across goal.

Leeds plight was made worse on the stroke of half time when Jason Pearce was sent off by referee Trevor Kettle for a strong tackle on Vydra.

Neil Warnock made a double substitution at half time with Ryan Hall and Michael Brown coming on for Diouf and Aidy White.

Leeds afternoon was compounded in the opening minutes of the half when Rodolph Austin was stretchered off after an innocuous clash, leaving Leeds down to nine men for over forty minutes.

Watford doubled their lead just past the hour when Abdi picked his spot.

Mark Yeates made it three for the visitors on 75 minutes with a free kick but nine men Leeds pulled a goal back from the penalty spot through Michael Tonge with ten minutes remaining.

Watford made it 4-1 within a few minutes when Vydra scored his second of the afternoon.

As if the afternoon could not get much worse, Brown picked up his fifth yellow card of the season for Leeds in injury time and he will miss the trip to Millwall next week as well as Pearce through suspension.

Watford hit their fifth goal of the afternoon deep into stoppage time when Sean Murray beat Kenny with a fierce strike.

Fellow substitute Troy Deeney hit a sixth as Leeds were desperate for the final whistle to be blown.

Teams

Leeds
Kenny, Austin, Pearce, Peltier, White (Brown 46), Norris, Green (Lees 45), Tonge, Byram, Varney, Diouf (Hall 46)

Subs not used
Ashdown, Kisnorbo, Dawson, Becchio

Watford
Almunia, Yeates, Doyley, Abdi (Hogg 68), Cassetti, Smith (Murray 81), Hoban, Vydra, Anya, Geijo (Deeney 60), Ekstrand

Subs not used
Chalobah, Thompson, Bond, Forestieri


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