Anton Stach scored a spectacular late winner for Leeds United at Nottingham Forest on Saturday as their Premier League season got off to the perfect start.The highlight of an slow first half was a disallowed goal by Leeds’ new boy Harry Wilson — adjudged offside after he had finished off a swift counter-attack. Ola Aina, meanwhile, survived a VAR check for a heavy challenge on James Justin.Both sides emerged brighter in the second half, with both goalkeepers playing excellently — Matz Sels saving superbly from debutant Muharemovic in the 70th minute a particular highlight.But just as looked like the game was drifting towards a goalless draw, Stach whipped a free-kick from the left hand side of the pitch into the near post, this time deceiving Sels and handing Leeds all three points. The teams now get a chance to relive it all on Tuesday as they face each other in the Carabao Cup.Paul Taylor and Beren Cross break down the key storylines from the game.Stach turns a decent afternoon into a great one for Leeds This was surely set for the bottom of the running order for Match of the Day on Saturday night, until some late Leeds magic unfolded. It was far from a classic at the City Ground, but Anton Stach tore up the goalless script in the East Midlands.If you offered Daniel Farke a 0-0 for every away game this season, he would probably take it, but when he sees goals like this, he may question that offer. The game was heading towards what seemed like an inevitable stalemate on the opening day, an extension of pre-season for two teams trying to find their flow.Stach celebrates his late winner (Darren Staples / AFP via Getty Images)And then Stach did what he has done so many times before with a dead ball in front of him. In the 88th minute, he stood outside the area, left of the box and wrapped his right foot around the ball. Matz Sels got one, weak glove to it as he bounced into the near corner of his goal.All the talk would have been about the solidity of the defence, the maiden clean sheet for James Trafford et al, and all that still counts, but the three points, and stealing it on the road, will make it all the more sweet for Leeds tonight.
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Analysis of the opening game of the season at the City Ground, as Leeds took all three points with a late goal









