Leeds boss Simon Grayson hailed his side's "professional performance" as they carried their league form into the FA Cup first round to complete a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Oldham.
Jonathan Howson's spectacular opener gave Oldham a mountain to climb and the home side were finally killed off by substitute Mike Grella.
In a game of little goalmouth action, Leeds were the stronger outfit - no surprise considering they are well ahead of Oldham in the League One table.
Grayson said: "It is always difficult against Oldham and the conditions didn't help but we got the result we deserved.
"We battled and scrapped when we needed to and we played decent football when we could so I have to be very pleased. It was a professional performance because we were in charge for long periods of the game and our keeper did not have many saves to make.
"Going in front was very important and I am pleased with the way it came because we encourage the players to shoot from outside the box. After that we limited Oldham to very few chances and did a proper job defensively."
Comment 1 - 4 of 4
lets have man u scum next. they can have there long awaited cup final then.
I don't think we need worry about being embarrassed by non league opposition now we have Grayson in charge ! ( I will cross my fingers all the same !!! )
I personnally would love a draw at there ground then back to Elland Road Bartat
Leeds just had a next round draw against lowly Kettering Town and for Kettering thats a great home draw there managed by Mark Cooper the son of the former Leeds great Terry Cooper,should be a great tie for the Club and I expect Leeds to go there and to get the result.
Good luck to Leeds but lets not forget our last Non league tie against Histon so Leeds have to go there with the form that there playing now get the result and take us into the next round against possibly a Championship or Premiership club
Please login to post a comment
Not already a Yahoo! user ? Sign up to get a free Yahoo! Account