Swansea go top of Championship with late win over Leeds

Swansea edged Leeds 1-0 in their top-of-the-table Championship clash to go two points clear in their best start to a league campaign in 40 years.

Wayne Routledge scored a minute from time in a match Leeds dominated at Elland Road but their weakness from last season came back to haunt them as they failed to take their chances on Saturday.

Routledge struck after the hosts had failed to clear a corner several times to maintain manager Steve Cooper's dream start to his spell, despite selling several key players in the close season.

Cooper, who coached the England Under-17 team to World Cup glory in 2017, appears to be rewarding the bold move by the board to hire him to replace Graham Potter after he left for Brighton.

"It is the perfect result, a clean sheet away from home and scoring one," said Cooper.

"It is a good return. I'm not going to be too reserved, but there are 40 games left.

"I feel like we have played 30 already! Of course, it is a good start, encouraging. A good tally so far, no doubt about that."
"The individual performance of the players was positive."
"We should have had another two or three goals and we would have done if our players had made the right decisions."