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Simon Stone
BBC Sport Chief Football News Reporter at Elland Road

I mentioned before the game about the atmosphere at Elland Road.

There was a period a couple of minutes before half-time when it was really quiet.

Leeds have not given them that much to shout about today but they are well in the game and Manchester United are yet to keep a clean sheet this season.

The home fans need to help their team out.

Gary Bennett
Ex-Sunderland defender on BBC Radio Newcastle

Sunderland are all over the place defensively. Unbelievable.

Danso, he hasn’t started the game. He’s been all over the place.

It’s the same ball over the top. Deal with it.

They have not been at the races.

Oh it's all got very tasty this.

Bruno Fernandes goes in heavy on Tarik Muharemovic and play continues but that seemed like a nasty one.

Leeds get up the other end but Anton Stach's ball into the box is deflected.

Once a natural pause in play arrives the referee does reach for his pocket and issues Fernandes with a yellow card. Ironic cheers from the home fans.

Efan Ekoku
Former Wimbledon striker on 5 Sports Extra

Incredible - they're being carved to pieces, in the middle of the park they're being totally out run, the speed, the movement, the quality of the passing.

Super cut back from Kostoulas and it's a deflection that sends it past the right hand of the helpless goalkeeper.

Efan Ekoku
Former Wimbledon striker on 5 Sports Extra

Incredible - they're being carved to pieces, in the middle of the park they're being totally out run, the speed, the movement, the quality of the passing.

Super cut back from Kostoulas and it's a deflection that sends it past the right hand of the helpless goalkeeper.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport Chief Football News Reporter at Elland Road

Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick says he has the best job possible and is ‘loving it’.

Carrick’s side head to Leeds after a troubled week, when they extended their winless streak to five and then had to deal with the fall-out from Lisandro Martinez’s explosive post-match comments following the 2-0 defeat by Atletico Madrid.

Former United midfielder Nicky Butt recounted a conversation he had with Carrick prior to Ruben Amorim being sacked in January when the former Middlesbrough boss said he wasn’t bothered about managing again.

“I definitely wouldn't be here if that was the case, would I?” said Carrick.

“I feel a real privilege of being in this position and a real responsibility. At this stage. It's the best job I could possibly have.

“I'm loving it. I love the situation when you get some sort of struggle where you've got to find a way out of it.”

Carrick rejects the notion a trip to Elland Road, which will be a cauldron given the longstanding rivalry between the two clubs is the last thing he needs at present.

He thinks it represents an ideal chance to turn the season around.

“I'm really looking forward to the game,” he said.

“There’s always negativity if you want to look for it or you want to feel it, but I don't go looking for it. I don't want to feel it.

“I understand the reality but I don't think ‘How am I going to get through this? How am I going to survive this? What do I need to do to look after myself?’. It's not important.

“It's about this football club and winning football matches.”

Well, Lisandro Martinez has had a busy week hasn't he?

On Tuesday in Madrid, following Manchester United's defeat by Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, the defender called out the club for a lack of investment and had left head coach Michael Carrick with an under-equipped squad.

Eeeeek. It's not often a player calls out the club like that but many United fans said Martinez had expressed exactly what many of them are feeling.

Even so, Martinez met with club officials on Thursday, after which he issued an apology and has reportedly paid a fine.

"Everyone knows that I am a passionate person and that I live football with great intensity," he said.

"The frustration of the defeat led me to express how I felt at a time and place that perhaps were not the right ones, and for that I want to apologise."

Matt Jones
BBC Sport journalist

Daniel Farke will be content with the significant improvement in his team’s overall play this season.

One thing Leeds still definitely need to crack is early kick-offs.

Remarkably, Leeds have gone 20 Premier League games without a win drawing seven and losing 13 in matches that have kicked off before 15:00 - that is the longest run by a team in the history of the competition.

Typically, the earlier games come with tepid atmospheres, although there is no danger of Sunday's fixture being a low-key one for the crowd. Leeds will be desperate to get one over on their rivals.

On home soil, Farke's side have been tough to beat, too, with four wins and three draws in their last seven games at Elland Road.

Manchester United will likely have to prepare themselves for an aerial bombardment. Leeds have won the most aerial duels in the Premier League this season, while only four sides have won fewer than the Red Devils.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport Chief Football News Reporter

Michael Carrick spoke very well in his news conference on Friday afternoon.

The Manchester United head coach was in a difficult position given the furore around Lisandro Martinez's comments in Madrid on Tuesday and there was a clear desire to move on from them so focus can turn to Sunday's trip to Leeds.

But Carrick got his points across well. In saying he was "speaking the truth" he made it clear his words should be taken as fact. He also underlined that for him, the club is more important than any individual - no matter who they are.

The inescapable truth is that he needs positive results to stay in a job. Five games without a win is not good enough for Manchester United at any time, no matter what squad they have.

But for now at least, Carrick has halted the crisis talk.

Matt Jones
BBC Sport journalist

Manchester United could do without a visit to what will be a white-hot Elland Road. Their six points after six games is their lowest tally in the top flight since the 1986-87 season, when they had four points.

The Red Devils have been accused of a lack of physicality in their opening games. That has been evident in the latter stages of matches, with Manchester United conceding a joint league high four goals in the last 10 minutes of games.

Midfield has been a particular area of concern. While Kobbie Mainoo and Youri Tielemans rank highly in terms of possession won in the middle third, there are clearly structural issues that have not been resolved.

In terms of the percentage of high intensity pressures and counter pressures in the middle third, Manchester United rank 17th and 18th respectively.

The Red Devils have also spent a higher proportion of their time off the ball in a high block than any other team in the Premier League, potentially leaving too much space for their midfielders to cover.

At the sharp end of the pitch, there is a sense that the forwards should have done more with the opportunities they have had, too.

Going into the weekend fixtures, Manchester United have had the most shots (and the most touches in the opposition box) of any team.

However, they are currently joint last in terms of xG per shot, which sits at a lowly 0.08, and their conversion rate of 6.45% is better than that of only two teams.