Leeds ' failure to score from corners has been very well documented of late but the hoodoo finally ended in Friday night's Yorkshire derby as Pascal Struijk powered home a Joe Rothwell delivery in the 69th minute. His strike looked set to be the only goal of the game but Leeds put the gloss on an excellent display with a second goal in the 89th minute through substitute Mateo Joseph who was played in by Joel Piroe and applied a clinical finish to put the Blades completely to bed. Graham Smyth , the YEP’s chief football writer, hands out the scores from a dominant display by Daniel Farke’s side.
7 - No saves to make, did okay when it came to the few crosses that he had to deal with. Photo: Mike Egerton 8 - Dangerous on the attack, predominantly in the first half though he did pop up to fashion a shooting chance in the second. Did well defensively.
Photo: Bruce Rollinson 8 - Scored a good goal, won big headers, passed the ball well. A good performance. Photo: Naomi Baker 8 - Recovered from an awkward start to the game facing Moore to get the better of his international team-mate.
Made some important blocks too. Photo: Bruce Rollinson 8 - Another really solid performance. Looked after the ball well for the vast majority, put in some dangerous crosses, got forward well.
Gave Shackleton a hard time. Photo: Bruce Rollinson 8 - Some really classy moments on the ball but lots of steady, sensible stuff to retain the ball. Kept things solid too.
Photo: Bruce Rollinson.
