Brentford 2-0 Leeds United: Neal Maupay & Sergi Canos dent Leeds promotion hopes
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Leeds United's automatic promotion hopes were badly dented as they lost at Brentford to slip three points behind rivals Sheffield United.
The result left leaders Norwich City all-but promoted, six points clear of third-placed Leeds with two games to go and a notably-superior goal difference.
Neal Maupay fired the Bees in front in the first half, after Leeds had earlier been inexplicably denied a penalty when Patrick Bamford was brought down by Julian Jeanvier.
An inspired Sergi Canos tucked in the hosts' second after the break and Leeds could not respond.
The Whites' top-two ambitions are now out of their hands and will be all-but over if the Blades beat bottom-of-the-table Ipswich on Saturday.
Since moving three points clear of Sheffield United on 13 April, Leeds have lost back-to-back games over a damaging Easter weekend that looks set to be the downfall of their campaign.
Needing to bounce back from Friday's surprise home defeat against 10-man Wigan Athletic, Marcelo Bielsa's side started brightly at Griffin Park, with Bamford firing wide from inside the area early on.
The visitors were furious when they were not given a penalty for what appeared to be a blatant foul by Jeanvier on Bamford in the box - and Maupay swept in the opener just before half-time.
Tyler Roberts then scuffed wide when he had a fine chance to pull Leeds immediately level, and Canos punished Leeds for that miss after the break.
Ultimately Brentford - who stay 15th - could have won by more, but an acrobatic Maupay effort fizzed over.
Norwich will now clinch promotion if they avoid defeat at home to Blackburn Rovers on Saturday, while Leeds - who face Aston Villa at home and then Ipswich away - are reliant on results elsewhere.