Elanga injured after being struck by missile as Man Utd celebrated goal vs Leeds

Manchester United attacker Anthony Elanga looked as though he was hit by an object during his side’s 4-2 win over Leeds.

In the first game in front of fans between the two at Elland Road since October 2003, the teenager dropped to the floor holding his head after Fred gave United a 3-2 lead in the 70th minute and the team celebrated by the corner flag.

It looked as though the object was a coin thrown by a fan.

Elanga, who was only on the pitch for three minutes after Ralf Rangnick substituted him on, was hurt by the object and subsequently received medical attention.

"Ugly incident after the goal," said former Leeds goalkeeper Paul Robinson on Sky Sports.

"I think it was Anthony Elanga who was hit by a coin quite severely on his head. Ugly incidents that we're seeing yet again."

United secured all three points and put themselves back in the hunt for a Premier League top-four spot.

Captain Harry Maguire headed in a corner swung in from Luke Shaw. Then Bruno Fernandes put the away side 2-0 up just before half-time.

However, Leeds exploded out the traps in the second period – scoring two in quick succession: first Rodrigo's cross somehow landed in David de Gea’s net, then Raphinha, who was substituted on, made it 2-2 after latching onto a cross from Daniel James.

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Elanga had the last laugh, however, being able to collect himself from the injury, getting United's fourth goal late on after finishing from Fernandes' pass.

After the game, scorer Maguire said via Sky Sports: “We had to fight back and stick together; we knew it was a tough place to come but we knew we had qualities and could hurt them. We said at halftime we needed to score more in the second half and we managed to do that."

“I'm embarrassed by the stat [nearly 140 corners without a goal]. I'm a big part of that set play routine but as a team, we've been nowhere near good enough. If we scored more from set-pieces we'd be higher up the table.”

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