Whites come through testing week with flying colours

Fans of Leeds United probably have a sense of deja vu today.

On successive Mondays the Whites have faced a Premier League promotion rival, gone a goal down in the first half, levelled with less than 20 minutes to go and then won it with time almost up.

For Sunderland at home last week see Sheffield United away this.

This raucous win moved them five points clear of the Blades at the top of the Championship and seven clear of third-placed Burnley.

There are still 12 games to play and boss Daniel Farke, who like counterpart Chris Wilder refused to call the game a title-decider before the match, said he was not thinking about automatic promotion yet.

The reality is that these games were a test of Leeds' quality, depth and mettle. They have passed with flying colours.

There were times in the opening 25 minutes of this game where, missing skipper Ethan Ampadu and with boss Farke in the stands, they could have buckled and perhaps might have done last season.

Not this time. They gritted their teeth, worked their way back into and then wrestled the game in their favour with a towering header from their left-back Junior Firpo and ultimately won it at a canter as their vanquished hosts left the stadium near-empty other than the jubilant Leeds fans behind the goal come full-time.

Now 16 unbeaten in the league and on 75 points from 34 games, on the evidence of the past two games and indeed the season so far, the title and 100 points are both well within their capability.