Comeback win sends Leeds five points clear
Leeds United left it late to wrap up all three points and needed to come from behind for the second time in eight days to stay on top.
Leeds United staged a stunning comeback, with two goals in two minutes sealing a 3-1 win over Sheffield United in the Championship.
The Blades had taken an early lead at Bramall Lane but missed out on the chance to go top of the table after conceding late goals from Ao Tanaka and Joel Piroe.
Illan Meslier made a shaky start to the match and almost palmed the ball into his own net in his attempts to clear a corner just 10 minutes in, but Ilia Gruev dived forward to head it off the line.
Just four minutes later, Ben Brereton Diaz whipped the cross into Callum O'Hare, who saw his thumping header tipped onto the bar by Meslier. Tyrese Campbell's follow-up then skimmed the post, and the goalkeeper inadvertently knocked it over the line.
Manor Solomon had Leeds's best chance of the first half, plucking it out of the air after racing in behind, but his low drive was well held by Michael Cooper.
Leeds pushed in the second half, showing more of a threat, with Mateo Joseph blazing a great chance over the bar just minutes before Junior Firpo rose high to thump Daniel James' cross past Cooper.
Wilfried Gnonto then saw a curling effort excellently tipped over the bar by Cooper, though Leeds punished them from the resulting corner, with Firpo's flick-on cushioned back across goal and in at the far post by Tanaka in the 89th minute.
Just under two minutes later, Piroe made sure of the points; he got the ball out of his feet before rifling a rocket past a helpless Cooper to send Leeds five points clear at the top of the table.
