Elland Road serenaded Daniel Farke and his Leeds United players after beating Preston. Chris Wilder was fighting with Darko Gyabi in the Home Park tunnel. This is the Championship in April. Wilder’s brave boys had just lost their third match in a row and the Sheffield United manager chose to vent his frustration by shouting at the Plymouth fans before turning his attention to Leeds loanee Gyabi who dared to celebrate in front of the Sheffield United fans.Wilder’s total head loss cued the end credits to one of the most thrilling days Leeds have seen in years, one that started with a bang when Manor Solomon cut in from the left wing and curled a shot into the far corner in the fourth minute.It seemed like Leeds were sticking to their tried and tested approach of getting one of their wingers to score in the opening minutes. What wouldn’t have been in Leeds’ playbook was Preston’s Kaine Kesler-Hayden scoring 45 seconds after the restart. The winger found himself in acres of space down Leeds’ left flank and turned Junior Firpo far too easily before firing a shot past Karl Darlow and into the far corner. Firpo probably wasn’t helped by his midfielders allowing Mads Frøkjær-Jensen time and space to get the ball wide, but it was the type of soft goal that you absolutely do not want to concede; certainly not as the Championship reaches a dramatic crescendo.
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