Leeds United 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: Pascal Struijk gives Daniel Farke first win as boss
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Leeds United defender Pascal Struijk gave the hosts the lead in the 58th minute
Daniel Farke claimed his first competitive win as Leeds boss as his side came back from behind to beat League One Shrewsbury in the Carabao Cup.
The away side took the lead when Taylor Perry's deflected shot looped over debutant Whites keeper Karl Darlow.
Joe Gelhardt levelled for Leeds when he was quickest to react after Marko Marosi had made a good save from Ian Poveda's initial effort.
Half-time substitute Pascal Struijk gave Farke's men the lead six minutes later with a crisp close-range strike after a corner fell his way.
Victory over their third-tier opponents gave Leeds, who were relegated from the Premier League in May, a first success since a 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest on 4 April and they will now travel to Salford in the second round.
They were made to work for their place after Perry gave Shrewsbury the advantage with a well-hit shot that took a massive deflection off young defender Leo Hjelde and gave Darlow no chance.
After a first half where they dominated possession without ever really threatening, Leeds made a double substitution at the break and increased the intensity.
Gelhardt got his first goal for the club since March 2022 and then centre-back Struijk showed a striker's instinct to finish from six yards.
Matt Taylor's visitors worked hard but never really looked like getting a goal to send the tie to a penalty shootout and Leeds should have added to their advantage.
Farke will now look to pick up his first win in the league when they visit Birmingham City on Saturday, while Shrewsbury, who started the season with a 1-0 win at home to Cheltenham, go to Stevenage on Saturday.
Leeds United boss Daniel Farke told BBC Radio Leeds:
"I didn't like our first-half performance that much. We moved the ball too slow, we weren't disciplined in our structure and we weren't there with our intensity.
"We were much better second half, it was a really good performance. We didn't let them have one chance and we should have got a third goal to make our lives easier.
"I had to make some big decisions today because I wanted to rest some more players but the group is pretty tight at the moment. The group is not overly big."