Despite boasting Milner, Viduka and Smith, Leeds United's reckless spending was fast catching up with them when they last hosted Manchester City in the top flight! The 16 years since have been filled with glory for one club and woe for another...

Daily Mail | October 3, 2020

If there was any contact at all it was slight. It may well have been outside the box. Actually, it looked as though Alan Smith had tripped himself up.

But referee Alan Wiley pointed to the penalty spot and flashed a red card at Daniel Van Buyten. Leeds United, so desperately in need of some good fortune, weren't about to complain.

Mark Viduka stuck away the penalty and Leeds led Manchester City 2-1 with just 14 minutes remaining. The roar of the Elland Road crowd got them over the line.

Alan Smith tumbles under the challenge of Daniel Van Buyten to win a late Leeds penalty

Mark Viduka converted the spot-kick to earn Leeds a 2-1 victory in their last league meeting with Manchester City - until this Saturday

Relegated in 2004, it took Leeds 16 years to return to the top-flight under Marcelo Bielsa

In the same time period, City have been transformed by the billions of Sheikh Mansour

Leeds were off the bottom of the FA Barclaycard Premiership, two points from safety with nine games to play.