Leeds 3-0 Birmingham: Blues fans sing 'You're Getting Sacked in the Morning' to Wayne Rooney during dismal defeat... his NINTH loss in 15 matches since taking over

Of all the indignities heaped on Wayne Rooney during his increasingly troubled Birmingham City reign, this was perhaps the most humiliating. Rooney's history with Leeds' hated rivals Manchester United meant he was always going to be targeted with brutal chants from the home stands. Birmingham City fans joined in with chants of 'sacked in the morning' to manager Wayne Rooney, who has lost nine of his 15 matches in charge of the club Leeds returned to winning ways with a dominant 3-0 win against Birmingham at Elland Road Patrick Bamford opened the scoring to net what was his first goal of the 2023-24 campaign Your browser does not support iframes. Dan James' deflected effort made it two in first added time to put Leeds in control of the clash Crysencio Summerville added a third in the second half to help Leeds return to winning ways It is easy to forget that Birmingham were sixth when they axed Eustace and brought in Rooney in early October. Leeds boast the only unbeaten home record in the Championship and Patrick Bamford capped his first start of the season with his maiden goal of the campaign, a neat far-post header in the 34th minute from Dan James' right-wing cross.