Leeds 1 –1 Brighton
by Dom Smith
at Elland Road

DIG in. Never give up. Just look what can happen. Relegation was looming for Leeds, and frankly, it still is. But after an afternoon of endeavour but low quality, substitute Pascal Struijk headed in at the back post halfway through stoppage time, giving Leeds fans hope just when there was as little as there’s been all season.

Graham Potter will have been left questioning how his well-schooled Brighton side didn’t win this, but a point was the least Leeds deserved.

It was an afternoon that had started promisingly for the hosts. First, Burnley’s narrow defeat to Tottenham was announced just seconds before kick-off here at Elland Road. Then, ushered on by the buoyant home crowd, Leeds put in a frantic first 15 minutes of football — positive and, yes, promising.