LEEDS, England — Elland Road had waited 19 years for a Premier League clash between Leeds United and Manchester United in front of supporters. If the world was wondering what all the fuss was about, the teams delivered a classic encounter that ended with a 4-2 win for Ralf Rangnick’s visitors on Sunday.
This game showed the good, the bad and the ugly of this bitter rivalry, with goals, end-to-end excitement and a passionate, noisy atmosphere, as well as nine yellow cards issued by referee Paul Tierney and a late confrontation involving both sets of players that saw Rangnick run onto the pitch to intervene.
And there were also unsavoury scenes off the pitch, with objects thrown at various Man United goal scorers — Anthony Elanga was hit on the head — and an array of insulting chants from both sets of supporters.
There were instances of Leeds supporters singing about the Munich…
