LEEDS UNITED extend their lead at the top of the Championship summit to five points.
Both Sheffield United and Leeds United entered the Yorkshire blockbuster to secure top spot as they gun for automatic promotion back into the Premier League.
Just before the 15-minute mark, the Blades made good on their fast start as Tyrese Campbell capitalise on indecisive defensive work from the visitors following a reactive stop onto the bar from Illan Meslier to head the ball off the keeper and into the net.
After back-and-forth action, Leeds’ left back Junior Firpo rose highest in a crowded box to met a dinked-in Dan James cross and bury his header from six yards out.
A quick-fire double in the space of a minute ensured Daniel Farke’s side their lead. First from Ao Tanaka who nodded at the back post from a corner on the 89th minute and followed by Joel Piroe’s pile-driver around the edge of the box that whizzed into the top corner.
- Sheffield Utd XI: Cooper; Clarke, Ahmedhodzic, Robinson, Burrows; Peck, Souza; Rak-Sakyi, O’Hare, Brereton-Diaz; Campbell
- Leeds XI: Cooper; Clarke, Ahmedhodzic, Robinson, Burrows; Peck, Souza; Rak-Sakyi, O’Hare, Brereton-Diaz; Campbell
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