![After Leeds claimed a 1-0 home win against Everton, Moyes said "I think there have been a lot of [poor] decisions and tonight's is another one. We improved a bit in the second half, but I wasn't impressed by how we played at all. I've got to give great credit to Leeds. I thought they were incredibly intense, certainly for the first 30 minutes."](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2025/12/18/15/07/11--Everton.jpeg?crop=3:2,smart&trim=&width=640&quality=70&enable=upscale)
Leeds United are currently enjoying their best run of form of the season after a seven-game unbeaten run helped Daniel Farke’s men move eight points clear of the Premier League relegation zone.
The Whites had experienced mixed fortunes in the early months of their return to the top flight - but a much-improved second-half display against Manchester City in November, coupled with a slight tweak in system from Farke, has inspired an upturn in form and made Leeds more difficult to break down for opposition managers.
Since the loss at the Etihad Stadium, the Whites have drawn five and won two of their next seven games and will now hope to extend their unbeaten run with a positive result at Newcastle United on Wednesday night.
Ahead of the trip to the North East, the YEP takes a look at what other managers across the Premier League have been saying about Leeds during the first half of the season.
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7. Vitor Pereira - Wolverhampton Wanderers
After Leeds beat his side at Molineux, the now former Wolves boss said: "The first half we are not aggressive under pressure, especially the defenders. They played with a lot of space. We were not doing our pressure in the way we need to do it. We are trying to correct the mistakes but they happen again. The second half was different. We didn't concede anything to them. We were not in the best level defending in the first half. We created some chances to score int he second half, but it's not easy because they defended with a low block." | Wolves via Getty Images
8. Scott Parker - Burnley
On his side's win against Leeds, Parker said: "I thought the performance was everything we planned. They are a hugely competitive team and we experienced that last year, we went toe to toe with Leeds throughout last year. I thought our performance was everything we needed to take three points. We've tried to be flexible in our structures and we have worked tirelessly to do that. We swapped to a back four today and tried to have more attackers on the pitch and first half we took our moments and got a good goal. Second half we had to suffer a little bit and again you go into reserves when you need to dig a bit deep to get the result and the second goal gave us some oxygen. I'm immensely proud of the team." | Getty Images
9. Nuno Espirito Santo - West Ham United
After Leeds beat his side at Elland Road, Nuno said: "It's a simple explanation. We didn't deal with the problems. We didn't deal with many things. We have to work hard and be much better. I feel the players want to, but they switch off in many moments." | AFP via Getty Images
10. Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler takes his team to Manchester City on Wednesday
On his side's win over Leeds, Hurzeler said: "We had moments where we suffered, but we stayed together. We had a good compactness. And then I think in the second half we scored those two goals in the right moment. We had to keep pushing because Leeds are a really good team and they will never stop. They have good physicality in their team. They can run a lot, so we have to be ready for that." | AFP via Getty Images
11. Sean Dyche - Nottingham Forest
On his side's win over Leeds, Dyche said: "Very pleased for everyone. The players have spoken openly about going through a lot. They've accepted how we're doing things and have accepted the squad game. They know the fixture list. We should have won in the week but we put that right today. We can't guarantee a quick equaliser but we did it against Manchester United and did it again today. It was good today with the fans playing their part as they so often do here." | Getty Images
12. Unai Emery - Aston Villa
After his side claimed a win at Elland Road, Emery said: “We had the challenge in this match, how we were coming back after our break and how we performed last month, getting very big wins against the better teams in the Premier League – Tottenham, Manchester City, Bournemouth. But we were able to show again our capacity to be consistent, and away, compete like we did, progressively better. | AFP via Getty Images