Sheffield Wednesday 0 Leeds United 2: YEP video verdict

Yorkshire Evening Post

Leeds United writer Lee Sobot with his verdict from the Hillsborough stands on the 2-0 victory against the Owls and what it might take to finish in the Championship's automatic promotion places.

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00:00 Hello there, Lee Sobert at the Yorkshire Evening Post here from Hillsborough at Sheffield Wednesday FC

00:06 where Leeds United have recorded yet another victory with a 2-0 success against the Owls.

00:12 A victory that put them back into the Championship's automatic promotion spots.

00:16 This obviously coming ahead of everybody else playing at the weekend and obviously a chance for Ipswich

00:20 to go back above them on Saturday when they play Cardiff.

00:24 But Leeds did what was needed of them here in a real intense battle obviously

00:29 for automatic promotion and in the end a game that looked like it was very, very tricky.

00:34 It was tricky all the way through. Leeds were now 2-0 winners and in the end probably could and should have

00:39 had a third and maybe a fourth in the end but that's notwithstanding how tough it was at the start

00:43 because it looked very much as if the game was going to be goalless at the interval.

00:47 There were plenty of boos around Hillsborough as Leeds went ahead in the fifth minute of first half stoppage time

00:52 through Patrick Bamford. That was after four minutes added time were announced so obviously

00:56 a lot of grumbles here about that but that was a fabulous goal.

01:00 Junior Firpo with the cross from the left flank. He had a very tough first half in terms of causing

01:05 quite a few problems defensively but then gets forward and comes up with another assist.

01:09 He's really racking up the assists for a left-back since he's come back into the side.

01:13 Cross through the box, Bamford arriving at the far post for a real striker play to arrive on time

01:18 and an easy finish really. His movement was the key there. 1-0 at the break. That really did change

01:22 everything I felt because obviously on Chef Wednesday they've got to come out and battle

01:25 and got to try and go for it and get back into the game. To be fair, they were having a go anyway.

01:29 They were causing problems in the first half and as I say it was looking very, very difficult.

01:33 But Leeds then doubled their lead through Willy Nonto and that was a really smart goal.

01:38 It's got to be said that Patrick Bamford, although he won't even get the assist for that one,

01:41 superb hold-up play from him. We've always said how good he is at his hold-up play and that was

01:46 absolutely exemplified with what he did there. Just the control on the ball and his chest,

01:50 really strong play. He played it out to Routier who fed Nonto to make it 2-0.

01:55 That kind of felt like game over. It never is really at 2-0 and Wednesday did threaten and had a few chances,

02:00 especially if we set pieces and whatnot. But Leeds held firm and as I say they could have had a third.

02:05 There was other chances for them in the end. 2-0 was enough. It's a staggering run, really.

02:10 Leeds have been on. When you think about it, the points tally they're on now, the number of wins they've had

02:14 and even that was needed tonight just to put them back into the top two. You get the sense this really

02:18 will go right down to the wire. Very, very likely going to be looking at record points totals this season,

02:24 probably in terms of what it is to win the division and also to get automatic promotion.

02:28 The record is 93 and Leeds are on course for more than that at the moment, but so too are Ipswich.

02:33 Also, it will have helped the goal difference this evening too. Very, very tough game. Tough ask.

02:38 Obviously, they've had a demanding schedule. The game's coming thick and fast and they have now got,

02:42 I think it's nine days off until they play Millwall at home. So that will obviously help.

02:45 I think Daniel Farquhar has asked how he'd celebrate and he said sofa, coffee and cake.

02:49 I mean, that's fair enough. I think he deserves that. The fans in the away home were singing his name at the end.

02:54 A very, very difficult Yorkshire derby. Leeds have got the job done. Sheffield Wednesday 0-0. Leeds United 2-0.

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