Leeds United (4-1-4-1)
1 Elia Caprile - five
Difficult to get your score up when you’ve seen four put through you, although you could only apportion blame for one of them. Critical error made in giving away the penalty after seeming to give Nohan Kenneh a shout to leave the ball. May have done better at his near post with the third.
2 Cody Drameh - seven
Another solid outing for the new boy from Fulham. Always there to lend a hand in attack with the right winger and always there to make a tackle in the defensive half. Did get shrugged off quite easily in the run-up to the third goal.
6 Nohan Kenneh - six
Put in a series of superb tackles on Newcastle United’s main threat Elliot Anderson, but at the heart of the second and third concessions. Pulled out of a regulation header, allowing Caprile to fumble and give away a penalty on the second, but couldn’t avoid sliding the ball into his own net for the third.
5 Charlie Cresswell © - six
Quieter game than Kenneh. No glaring errors. Some tasty cross-field passes.
3 Niall Huggins - six
Won the first-half penalty to put the Whites 3-0 up. Much quieter after the break like they all were. Steady and unspectacular.
4 Jack Jenkins - five
Struggled to put his stamp on the match and looked swamped in the second half as he tried to offer some form of protection to the defence. A few poor first touches and misplaced passes drew apologies from him on the pitch.
7 Max Dean - six
Bright moments for the youngster, but caught offside too frequently and little say in the final third beyond a second-half shot spilt by the goalkeeper.
8 Stuart McKinstry - six
Playing in an unusual central role this afternoon. Did not look out place, though he did not put his stamp on the match at the heart of the pitch. Delicious assist for Liam McCarron’s second.
10 Joe Gelhardt - seven
Typified each half. Electric, typically unplayable in the first half with danger every time he got on the ball, but then an absolute passenger, anonymous in the second period.
11 Liam McCarron - eight
Took his goals very well and will be the happiest man on the coach home after missing several weeks through injury. Also got off the pitch before the collapse really took hold.
9 Bobby Kamwa - five
Very quiet. Biggest influence on the game was the argument he had with Gelhardt over who would take the penalty.
Substitutes
12 Dani van den Heuvel
14 Kris Moore
15 Cole Gibbon
16 Crysencio Summerville (on for McCarron 58min) - six
Some bright flashes, but end product was lacking besides one decent cross into Sam Greenwood.
17 Sam Greenwood (on for Kamwa h/t) - five
Not the impact he would have wanted on his comeback from injury. Fluffed his only chance and then got booked late on for butting heads with Yannick Toure unnecessarily.
