There are victories that earn you three points, and then there are victories that make the rest of the Premier League sit up and take notice; last night we saw the latter. Under the Elland Road lights, Daniel Farke’s side did not simply beat Newcastle, they overwhelmed them, and produced the sort of performance that makes you wonder just how high the ceiling might be for Leeds United this season. The Whites dominated the first half-hour but had little to show for their efforts.

The game exploded into life in the 32nd minute, when Ao Tanaka’s effort from the edge of the area took a double deflection and left Lukas Horní?ek with no chance. Once they had breached the goal, the floodgates opened. Less than three minutes later it was 2-0. Jayden Bogle was credited with the second after Dominic Calvert-Lewin rose highest in the Newcastle penalty area, and powered his header past Hornicek.

Elland Road was rocking from the rafters, but then came the killer. Deep into first-half stoppage time, the former Toffee made it 3-0, finishing calmly across goal like it was a pre-season game. Remarkably, it was already the striker’s eighth career goal against Newcastle, the same number Harvey Barnes has scored against Leeds. With James Trafford between the sticks for the home side, though, the former Leicester City man never looked like adding to his tally.

Leeds were not interested in simply protecting their lead. On 59 minutes, Noah Okafor made it 4-0, finishing another Leeds attack and turning what had already been an excellent night into a demolition. Bazoumana Touré eventually pulled one back in the 90th minute, but nobody inside Elland Road particularly cared.

	Line Up		Nat	Match Events
	1	Trafford, James Goalkeeper			6.1
	2	Bogle, Jayden Defender			★8.7
	3	Gudmundsson, Gabriel Defender			7.9
	24	Justin, James Defender			7.8
	5	Muharemović, Tarik Defender			8.7
	30	Elvedi, Nico Defender			7.6
	4	Ampadu, Ethan Midfielder			8.3
	22	Tanaka, Ao Midfielder			8.5
	18	Stach, Anton Midfielder			8.1
	19	Okafor, Noah Midfielder			8.3
	9	Calvert-Lewin, Dominic Forward			8.8
	Subs		Nat	Match Events
	16	Zetterer, Michael Goalkeeper		Unused Sub
	26	Bard, Melvin Defender			6.4
	15	Bijol, Jaka Defender		Unused Sub
	8	Longstaff, Sean Midfielder			5.3
	11	Aaronson, Brenden Midfielder			6.1
	10	Wilson, Harry Midfielder			5.8
	7	James, Daniel Midfielder			6.5
	23	Bahoya, Jean-Matteo Midfielder		Unused Sub
	14	Nmecha, Lukas Forward			5.9