Leeds dismantle Bristol City to keep title hopes alive

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Daniel Wales and Charles Hague-Jones discuss Leeds United’s win over Bristol City.

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00:00one of the toughest places to go in england this season has been ellen road and bristol city felt

00:10the brunt of that with a 4-0 loss midweek away at leeds united leeds united obviously vying

00:16for the championship title they've obviously secured promotion back to the premier league

00:21can they go all the way now and win the title obviously level points going into the final day

00:26with burnley i mean an incredible title race there so you know let's also mention the title race let's

00:33mention where leeds go from here obviously that final day is going to be huge drama and then let's

00:39also look at bristol city i mean obviously one of the most consistent sides throughout 2025 back-to-back

00:46losses in their search for the playoff places that's going to go down to the wire as well in the

00:52championship you know you look at just outside the likes of of blackburn millwall um you know

00:58they're all likely to be very very close i mean even uh middlesbrough if they goal difference

01:04coventry if they slip off as well so bristol city just on the brink so can bristol city actually make

01:10sure that they've got to be there so um we're going to go to dan wales now who's going to mention

01:14a bit about leeds united and their charge for the title their performances at home in this game

01:20and in bristol city um whether their hard work could be undone on the final day dan what are your

01:26thoughts on both sides and how they've navigated so far this season

01:31well charles i think you have to give immense credit to both teams obviously on the night there

01:41was evidently a gulf in class leeds united running out as four nil winners they were just too good for

01:47bristol city in every department they they hassled them they harried them got in their faces and their

01:53press was just suffocating to liam manning's robbins but for bristol city it's it's not the

02:00end of the world they'll still go into their last game against press north end the team fighting for

02:04their lives knowing that a win sees them into the playoffs probably fifth place and probably a tie

02:09or semi-final double leg tie against sunderland but leeds though i think if we start with them properly

02:16they just showed why they are a premier league team in waiting on the night obviously they've not

02:22wrapped up the title yet they're now level on points with burnley once again and that will go to the

02:26final day of the season leeds facing plymouth argyle away from home burnley of course they they'll be on

02:32the same point so leeds just need to match burnley's result because leeds do have a superior goal

02:37difference unless of course an improbable swing of goals which you know it's unlikely but for the most part

02:44leeds just need to match burnley's result to claim the championship title for both clubs of course it

02:49was very much more a case of getting promoted that was the main aim but it would be nice to add the

02:54championship title to what has already been a great season for both teams leeds though as i said before

02:59suffocated smothered bristol city and were just all over the park winning the 50 50s winning the jewels

03:06those little moments especially in the midfield then pressing high when they didn't have the ball as well

03:11and of course they scored four really good goals to get the three points for bristol city as i said

03:17before not all is lost their playoff spot can still be secured on the final day when they take on

03:22preston north end and ashton gate it will be a cup final essentially for bristol city and liam manning's

03:28side obviously this season they've had their moments where things haven't gone their way and maybe the

03:34last couple of games haven't certainly gone their way at all luton town are lost there and then

03:38united a loss there as well but their home form and ashton gate of late has been something to boast

03:45about so they'll certainly go into this game still with confidence despite the two losses they've just

03:49suffered on the road away from home and of course they've got players who can win that game for them

03:56against preston north end preston won't be any pushover because of course as i said as well

04:00they're fighting their lives they've somehow managed to get themselves dragged into the relegation battle which

04:05didn't seem likely even just a few weeks ago they only really needed one more win to secure their

04:10safety and yet here we are with the fact that they could still go down it they're in poor position

04:16to stay up because they're on 50 points but nothing is certain yet so a win would secure their safety

04:22but they might not need that depending on how other results go elsewhere in the championship but

04:29bristol city though they need to go and win secure that fifth place and get themselves into the

04:35pair to take on a sunderland side who are also themselves stumbling towards the playoff campaign

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