Anyone unfortunate enough to have used the shambolic TransPennine Express rail service between Leeds and Manchester this winter could be forgiven for suspecting the distance between the cities has somehow increased.
Unfortunately for Michael Skubala, the Leeds caretaker manager, the gap between his club and Erik ten Hag’s now looks almost unbridgeable. At the end of an afternoon in which Leeds had fought hard and, deceptively, gone toe to toe with their guests for long periods they ultimately ran out of physical and mental energy, allowing Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho to secure an ultimately comfortable win for Manchester United.
