Late Goal Sinks Nottingham as Leeds Secure Opening Win

Leeds United kicked off their Premier League campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 victory away to Nottingham Forest in the opening round of the English top flight. Bulgarian international Ilia Gruev was not included in the Yorkshire side's squad as he is still recovering from injury. Meanwhile, Oliver Glasner suffered a defeat in his debut as manager of the 'Reds'.

In the 26th minute, new signing Harry Wilson deflected the ball into the opposition net, but was flagged offside. Then, in the 41st minute, the woodwork denied Nikola Milenkovic from heading home a corner for Forest. The only goal of the match finally arrived in the 88th minute when Anton Stach’s free-kick found the net after a hesitant intervention from goalkeeper Mats Sels.

Interestingly, the two teams are set to face each other again in three days, this time in the Carabao Cup.