There is a massive expectation for this city.
We want to be back to the Premier League.
We've played amazing so far and I think we're going to win the league.
Fifteen years we have been waiting
so hopefully this is the team that are going to put us back up there.
Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!
This season? We're going to get to the Premiership. Of course.
We're going to do it. We've got to.
The best chance we've had in years, mate. Best chance. We've got to.
I think we'll do it. Come on Leeds. Come on!
Programmes!
Can't see us losing for the rest of the year, to be honest.
Come on, Leeds!
If we go to the Premier League, I'll run bollock naked down this street.
It will be cold, that's all I'm saying.
Leeds United are blazing a trail in the English Championship.
We are Leeds We are Leeds!
Up between them goes Roofe. Oh, that's an imperious header.
After eight games, they are top of the table and undefeated.
Seeing that football was brilliant.
We just, like, ripped them to bits.
There is new-found belief on the pitch and on the terraces.
Key to Leeds' brilliant start to the season
is the performance of striker Kemar Roofe.
His form was rewarded with the first Championship Player of the Month award.
It's all stemmed from our pre-season.
It's been the best pre-season I've had so far, the hardest,
and the style of play that Marcelo is giving us.
Every day he is educating us on our style of play with the ball,
without the ball.
He is a player that has taken great care
of returning in his best form.
-How are you doing? -Yeah, all right. How about yourself?
Decent month, eh?
Six more months and we'll be right!
I know, exactly. I've got to keep it up now.
Keep it up.
A proper family man, really.
When it comes to his missus and his kids and his dogs.
He's not your typical footballer.
He works really, really hard, so we were delighted for his success
but not surprised because there were signs of it last year
and then this summer he just took advantage
of what Marcelo was trying to get into them.
You look at his physique now compared to the end of last year
and he's a different build.
If we get promoted it's going to be unbelievable.
The club itself is massive.
People tell me it's a big club. Yes, it is,
but you don't actually realise it until you are in the moment.
So, I could just go anywhere in the country, even in the world,
I'd go somewhere and there's always a Leeds fan
that will come up to me and say hello and talk to me.
And, for me, just getting used to that, it's unreal, it's mental.
Imagine if we get into the Premier League?
As the season progresses into the autumn months,
Leeds remain top of the Championship.
The team continue to show off their dazzling, high-energy football,
the signature style of head coach Marcelo Bielsa.
Next up is a tricky away game at local rivals Sheffield Wednesday.
It's going to fall to Klich. He tries one. Oh, it's the equaliser.
One-one, Mateusz Klich once again.
He's banging them in from all over the park
as Leeds refuse to back down.
One week later, league leaders Leeds
have another tough game against top-six side Brentford.
It's a spikey affair.
Leeds midfielder Gianni Alioski has an altercation
with the Brentford bench whilst trying to retrieve the ball.
And with only two minutes left on the clock
Leeds are trailing one goal to nil.
But Leeds are also showing off a trait
that is the signature of their glory years:
a never-say-die fighting spirit.
Alioski delivers.
Up goes Jansson... and there it is!
Once again, Leeds United leave it late but they have gone and secured a point.
Look what it means to the fans,
look what it means to the board and looks what it means to Bielsa.
And that fighting spirit is evident off the pitch as well as on it.
An incensed Victor Orta, Leeds' director of football,
is convinced a Brentford player dived in order to win a penalty.
Respect the shirt!
Look at the TV! Look at the TV! Dive!
Dive, look at the TV!
Early November and Leeds sit at the top of the table.
Look at that, seven or eight white shirts hunting in a pack.
Marcelo Bielsa's demanding, high-intensity style,
the Bielsa Press,
continues to enthral fans and pundits alike.
I used to be an avid Football Manager player,
so I used to download all the tactics.
There was always a tactic you could download called the Bielsa press.
I thought, "What is a Bielsa?"
As soon as Leeds got linked with him, I had an idea of what it was all about.
It's just that interlinking player, the press...
Yeah, the speed...
-...attacking. Speed, yeah. -It's fitness, isn't it?
Fitness is a massive part.
Just seeing the players all over the pitch, the different runs they make.
-The passing and moving. -Positioning.
You see it all and you think, "Leeds don't play like this.
Where have they learned to do this so quickly?"
It's incredible, the way he improves players.
Playing from the back, from the goalkeeper.
Everyone moving all the time.
No one stops for one second of the game.
From day one he said, "If you don't accept what we are going to do,
leave, find something else."
All the players who are still with us now, they accepted it from day one.
Marcelo Bielsa is considered one of the most influential coaches
of all time by football experts.
He is only a few months into his reign at Leeds United
but is already adored by their demanding fans.
I've heard so many stories that are just completely crackers.
He signed Pochettino as a kid
and went to his house at two o'clock in the morning
to check his legs before he signed him... and that is true.
So, if that's true about him, you'll believe anything.
One group of Leeds fans
have turned their regular football podcast
into a celebration of Marcelo Bielsa.
We just started writing...
writing football songs, basically.
And obviously I had the idea for the "Bielsa Rhapsody".
I was lying in bed one day and I was like,
"Open your eyes, look up to the skies, we're Leeds."
And that was it and off I went.
It went online and...
I was doing interviews in Norway, in Argentina and Brazil.
People were contacting me from all over the world because of Bielsa.
I think Bielsa has got this magnetism around him
that probably can't be true in real life.
I hope I never meet him because at the minute, he's up there for me.
I love the guy. I'm obsessed. I think about him every day.
Not a single day has gone by that I haven't thought about Marcelo Bielsa.
He's brought some pride back, hasn't he, Michael?
He has. He's brought hope. And it's the hope that kills you.
Marching on together
Bielsa has brought hope back to Leeds United,
but critics have suggested his demanding high-press style
can make players burn out as the season progresses.
Many of their star players have picked up injuries
in the opening months of the season,
including no-nonsense defender Gaetano Berardi.
It's not easy to play in this way. You can see the injuries.
You can see some strange, bad situations during the season.
But, it's our way to play.
It's what Marcelo wants
and we can see the results, so we just need to keep going.
Big summer signing, striker Patrick Bamford,
has a long-term knee injury.
...when you step outside.
-It's just literally the bending. -The sprints?
It's the only thing, I can't fully sprint.
Defender Pontus Jansson is also a regular in the treatment room.
And fellow defender, Luke Ayling, has an ankle and knee injury, too.
-Nice to meet you. It's Luke, isn't it? -Yeah, Luke, yeah.
Can I have a look at this ankle and maybe have a quick look
-at your knee as well? -Yeah, right ankle, right knee so...
-Have you had these injections before? -No, first time.
So, what we are going to do is inject some fluid into the ankle.
Every month there's been six or seven lads injured. I can't remember a month
where there's only been two or three in the physio room.
I think every single month has been like that.
Right, so that's your injection done. That's protecting it.
-Perfect. -Alright. No problem at all.
Thank you very much.
Emotionally, the team have had to become more robust.
There's a lot of pressure on them.
We've gone from an environment where players trained for two hours a day
and then go and play golf or listen to music.
Now they're in Thorp Arch for nine hours a day
and the requirements, Marcelo is asking a lot of them.
What's made me really proud of the team this year is that they've all stepped up.
People talk about cultural changes in organisations.
The cultural change that we've asked our players to take
is really severe. It's changed their whole way of life.
But each one of them to a man stepped up and embraced it.
It's mid-November. Since the last-grasp draw against Brentford,
Leeds have only won two of their last four games
and have slipped to third place. Now, an injury-depleted side
face fellow title contenders West Bromwich Albion away from home.
So, another huge test for Leeds United,
this time at the Hawthorns against much-fancied West Bromwich Albion
and Leeds are ravaged by injury.
But the reward, should they overcome their problems,
will be a return to the top of the table if they can win.
Leeds are on the back foot from the start.
West Brom on the attack with Rodriguez, in round the back here with Robson-Kanu,
who shoots low and he's beaten Peacock-Farrell.
And West Brom deservedly take the lead.
United are behind here at the Hawthorns.
For the first time this season, Leeds are dominated by an opponent.
They are coming again. Phillips from distance...
and Peacock-Farrell will not look back well on that one,
beaten from a long way out
and Phillips doubles the lead for the Baggies.
It's West Brom two, Leeds United nil
and this is the first time that United
have been seriously outplayed in a match under Marcelo Bielsa.
They're in for a third here, Harvey Barnes, and that is three.
And the humiliation must be complete now for Leeds United.
There's no way back here. They've been ripped apart in this second half.
Again and again, their defence - ravaged by injuries - is breached.
Is there a fourth? Dwight Gayle with the cheeky back heel.
He loves a goal against Leeds. He's got another one.
After decades of disappointment,
Leeds fans had real hope for a return to the top flight.
But after the West Brom defeat, doubt has resurfaced.
West Brom away, I mean, it was a bit of a reality check, really.
We got beat.
You're just downhearted,
but I'm one of those people who sleeps on it and forgets about it.
Leeds were not promotion favourites at the start of the season
but even after that comprehensive defeat, they are now.
An entire city is hoping, almost demanding, success.
The players have got to turn up on the pitch
and the fans have to stick by them.
We're a city where, if we lose -
and as much as I love Leeds and the fans who are behind us -
we've got some fans who are very fickle
and they're quick to jump on the players' backs.
The way you have to bounce back from it is just to learn from when it went wrong
and try not to dwell on the negative side and that bad feeling.
You have to turn that into a positive. So the loss, the feeling of going down
to a big score like that, that many goals...
you have to take on that anger and that fucking frustration
and think, "I never want to feel like that again."
In a break from training, captain Liam Cooper
is visiting Josh Warrington,
IBF featherweight champion and fanatical Leeds United supporter.
-How have you been? -Not too bad, steady away.
-How are you? -Alright, yeah.
We're not training until quarter to one.
Have you got your gloves?
I only really started following Josh when I moved to Leeds.
We get the opportunity to meet each other through sport.
-Alright mate, alright? -Top man.
How's it going?
Good mate, we had a couple of days off last week...
but once he's given us a couple of days off, that's it.
We're straight back down to grafting, you know?
Today will probably be the hardest day. Obviously we are all on those GPSs,
just to get all of your running stats up and your accelerations, decelerations.
He's just mad for it.
A lot of players that play for the club
probably don't understand what it is to be Leeds.
I think you've got that kind of mentality.
-Like, you're from fucking... -Working class, mate...
Working class, you understand what it is.
People talk about Leeds fans being a different breed.
We are. It's a different mentality.
Massively, massively passionate, as you've seen, home and away.
Fucking in there, do you know what I mean, like, how bad do you want it?
What's going to stop you from throwing down your arms?
It's mentality. It's fucking Leeds, that what it is.
I wouldn't want to do what you're doing, anyway!
Getting punched in the face for a living.
Josh is defending his IBF world title in December
knowing thousands of passionate Leeds fans will be in his corner.
Leeds fans see Josh as one of their own, which he is.
They want to give him any advantage they can,
so if that's intimidating someone or making someone think, "Woah,"
I mean, it's that little advantage.
He might need that during the fight at any specific time.
Leeds fans recognise that. Like they do with us on the pitch
when they're smashing "Marching on Together" out
either at the start of a game or during the game.
It does give you that lift because you think,
"This means something, this is their lives,
and they are here to watch us."
Hopefully we can keep them there for the remainder of games
and do something really special.
Fucking, you're standing on history here, kid.
Before the crucial run of games in December,
Andrea and the Leeds board are meeting in London
to discuss plans for the rest of the season and beyond.
And joining them are representatives from the San Francisco 49ers,
including president Paraag Marathe and chief executive Jed York,
who have invested in Leeds recently.
So, the board meetings are...
when you've got the creativity and intellect of Andrea and the 49ers,
it tends to be a very productive and interesting debate,
but also there is business that we need to get done as well.
The 49ers have run one of the greatest franchises in world sport
and they can help us from a commercial perspective and a technical perspective.
But the key thing in terms of taking an investment and making it work
has really been the individuals involved.
So, Paraag and Jed, they buy into what Leeds United can be.
They buy into the potential. They are here for the journey,
so they're learning about the sport, they are learning about the game
but we're also learning from them
because I think there are certain commercial and technical elements
that we can learn from.
Paraag and his team are keen to understand the intricacies
of Leeds United's player recruitment policy
and how director of football, Victor Orta,
works with head coach Marcelo Bielsa.
The reason that we have conversations by phone or face to face
for nearly one hour each day is because I can start to feel
what things he likes with respect to the skills of the players.
Now for me, in my past, when I have had big success,
is when the head coach trusts the recruitment 200%.
Victor explains the variety of tools and expertise at their disposal
when scouting for players.
Now in football, we can discuss a lot of the tools that we use,
but the information is for all the people.
All the people have the information and it is not expensive.
The data or the algorithms are not expensive,
and all people have the information. But this is not the key for success.
The key for success is to convert this information
into knowledge for your team.
This is really important because all the people have access to the information.
But you need to convert it into knowledge. When you do that, you have the real power.
Yesterday was just a normal meeting, board meeting to update our partners
but also an update from the management, to update me.
It's always good for me to have an overview
about everything that's going on in the club in more detail.
I see we are finally getting closer
to the club I wanted to build from the beginning.
I'm very proud to say that the vision I had
is starting to become concrete.
Step by step, we are getting to be the club we want to be.
We are becoming a good club, modern and well-managed,
and this reflects on the pitch, I think.
I think it's a big day, very important game.
We can't lose more points.
Tom, let's put some music on. I'm getting depressed.
-What kind of thing do you like? -Anything, don't worry. Just...
No news. No politics.
-There we are. -Yeah, that's better.
I had a very rough week. We need a win now to cheer me up.
Andrea, keep doing all your good work. Thank you.
It's early December and Leeds face arguably
their toughest test of the season so far,
another Yorkshire derby at promotion rivals Sheffield United.
-I'm very pleased to be back here. -It's good to have you back.
This time, hopefully, you be more generous on the pitch.
Well, I'm not sure about that.
It's a shame to spoil a good day by losing to Leeds United
because the competition between the two clubs
has been immense for many, many years.
We've always had some great games. Some games I can remember at Elland Road.
I don't want to remember the score because you did win and won well
but the camaraderie is hard fought on the pitch.
And I may say, under your stewardship,
the camaraderie and hospitality off the pitch is first class.
There were years when it wasn't that way at Leeds
but it's good to see the club restored to a community club
just like Sheffield United.
-Thank you. Good luck today. -Good luck today.
From the next game.
Yorkshire derby matches are always fierce battles.
Leeds, with an injury-ravaged squad, are taking on Sheffield United,
who have a similar, all-out attacking style.
They always start fast. Very fast.
The first 15 minutes we need to be very focused on the pitch.
I think the West Brom game might be the best thing that happened to us.
Because we learnt so much from it.
He can play anywhere, even goalkeeper.
This is as partisan as it can be for a promotion push.
Two Yorkshire sides divided by a halfway line
as they go head to head
looking for a place in the Premier League at this early stage of the season.
Twenty minutes into the game and yet another injury for Leeds.
This time to inspirational captain, Liam Cooper.
Cooper is down
and he's been an absolute colossus for Leeds so far this season
and can you believe it?
Another injury blow for Leeds United and what a crucial man this is as well.
Key to the defence, key to the performance at the back all season.
Oh, that's another bad challenge. Stuart Dallas down this time.
Off, off, off, off!
At half-time, defender Luke Ayling is outraged that the officials
have been too lenient with Sheffield United's aggressive approach.
Marcelo Bielsa brings on young attacking midfielder Jack Clarke.
Substitute Jack Clarke looking to weave his magic.
What can he conjure up here?
Strikes and Henderson goes low.
Here's Klich. He's fancying his chances, too.
Stopped by Henderson, following with the rebound.
Klich again. So close past the angle.
Egan with the pass back to Henderson.
He's struggling to keep this one in and clear.
Clarke has pounced, he's going to find Hernandez here...
Hernandez from close range
wraps up the points in the Yorkshire derby for Leeds United.
What a huge step towards promotion this could be.
It's the youngster Clarke to the veteran Hernandez
and they have combined lethally for Leeds United.
And Leeds United have done it.
First win at Bramall Lane since 1992.
And Leeds United take the bragging rights against Sheffield United.
Thank you.
A huge win. Leeds United's first win at Bramall Lane since 1992,
the year they were last crowned champions of England.
The crucial win has come at a cost.
Captain Liam Cooper's knee injury will require surgery.
And teammate Stuart Dallas has a broken bone in his foot.
Since the heavy four-one defeat to West Bromwich Albion,
Leeds have recorded three straight wins.
One player has been pivotal in this recovery: Pablo Hernandez.
I think he's been marvellous to watch. He sees things that others just don't.
Hernandez on his day is just unplayable and he has got better this season.
Bear in mind, he wasn't even guaranteed a regular start when he first came.
I think he makes me a better coach
because I see solutions and decisions
that I've rarely seen throughout my career.
You okay? You happy? Are you watching the training? You like?
Marcelo says he's a quiet leader, and that's really how it is.
It feels so good when he is on the pitch.
He's one of them. He's really quiet away from the pitch
but you put him on the pitch and he's full of character.
He comes alive. He's loud. He's authoritative.
Back in the changing rooms, he's just quiet Pablo again.
I know I am an important player in the squad
but, like me, we have other important players.
If I play well, it's because they helped me.
This is the most important thing for me.
And I do all I can do for the team.
You can feel this club is different. This club is a big club.
Leeds United may be coming out of the darkest period in its history.
For the first time in years it appears there is a real unity
between fans, players, management and owner.
That's what Andrea wanted to do. He wanted to reconnect the fanbase with...
He wanted to reconnect with the community and with the fans.
He wanted to make a big statement to say,
"We're custodians and you're going to take the club forward for us."
And he's done that.
They'd had 15 years of turmoil.
Our objective as a club, is to...
we're trying to do one thing, make the supporters proud.
Over the last 15 years, Leeds supporters haven't had enough to be proud about.
It's early December.
Later today, Leeds take on Queens Park Rangers at Elland Road.
Before the game, Andrea and wife Nedine
are dropping into a Leeds city centre hospital
to visit patients, staff and volunteers.
We've had a lot of bad owners that have not put the club first.
This is the first time for a long, long time
that the stability is there in the background.
We've got great interaction with the team and what we've got with Radrizzani,
we've got a good relationship with him.
I should have dressed like Santa Claus.
-Yeah, you should have done. -I have already in the past.
I'm sure Marcelo looks good as a Santa.
-You tell him. I'm not telling him. -I can tell him.
-You scared of him, yeah? -Yeah!
That's okay.
Great, so, shall we go and meet some patients?
Hello. Are you wondering who all these people are?
Yeah. He's had his first batch, so he's waiting for his second.
So cute.
-Become a football player, Roberto. -Oh, he likes it.
I'll wait for you, okay?
-I think he likes it. -When we go Premier League, then you come.
Oh, he's smiling at you, Nedine. He likes you.
Look at his eyes. Be strong, my man.
I look forward to seeing you in the stadium, okay?
Andrea has invited some of the kids from the Children's Heart Surgery Fund
to today's game against QPR.
It's been brilliant. I only told her a few days ago
because she really likes stuff like this.
And because she's been in hospital for so long,
she's met quite a few players, you know, at the LGI,
so she has remembered them so she is excited for today.
-I'll try and score for you, okay? -So, if he scores...
-But don't cry, okay? -When you're in the tunnel,
Pablo will hold your hand and walk out with you.
What's up, do you not think we're going to win today, is that it?
Despite a good run,
Leeds lie second in the Championship behind a resurgent Norwich City.
They need a win against mid-table QPR to keep on Norwich's tail.
Come on, guys. Come on!
Captain Liam Cooper is on a growing list
of first-team players sidelined through injury.
Obviously me and the injured lads are dying to get back
and help the lads in the dressing room as well as we can.
Come on!
I get more nervous watching than I do when I'm playing and I don't know why.
When you're sat from there, you feel all the emotion instead of just your own.
It's the fans around you,
you feel the staff's emotion.
When you're playing, you just have yourself to concentrate on.
Leeds! Leeds!
Leeds' attacking style has left them vulnerable
to counter-attacks in previous games.
Come on!
Nahki Wells through here. Jansson has missed his cue,
and Wells again, low into the corner at the Kop end
and Queens Park Rangers take the lead.
Yet again, Leeds fall behind against the run of play.
And without Liam Cooper.
How costly is it for Leeds not to have their captain
in these crucial games leading in towards Christmas?
Leeds need to show their fighting spirit, no-surrender attitude
to get back into another game they should not be losing.
It's Shackleton on the overlap for United,
lifts it to the back post looking for Alioski,
it will drop to Saiz, he won't get his shot away properly or cleanly,
Hernandez will try one and it's Roofe who steers it in from close range.
Another equaliser and another vital goal for Kemar Roofe for Leeds United.
It's one-one here against QPR.
We all love Leeds We all love Leeds
We all love Leeds...
A draw is not enough to keep on the tail of table-topping Norwich City.
Fans and injured teammates will them on as they push for a winning goal.
Chance for Roofe here... Oh, it's saved.
What a moment, what a chance.
Roofe could be in here again. He's over the top of Leistner,
brings it down... and the referee has seen something... handball.
And Leeds United,
for the first time in 59 games, have been given a penalty.
And at the Kop end, Kemar Roofe has the chance
to take all three points against Queens Park Rangers.
It's two for Roofe, it's two for Leeds.
The walking wounded look on. The tension is palpable.
Can Leeds hang on?
That's it, they've done it. It's finished Leeds two, QPR one.
Another battling back-from-behind performance.
Leeds and Norwich hold the two automatic promotion spots
and a gap is growing between them and the chasing pack.
Yes!
But their injury-hit squad now face a hectic flurry of fixtures
over the busy Christmas period
when Championship sides must play four games in nine days.
There's another huge event on the horizon for the city's sports fans.
Leeds boxing hero, Josh Warrington, is defending his IBF world title
against challenger and favourite Carl Frampton.
Since I've been fighting in Leeds, I've always tried to keep it in Leeds.
Just because, it's what it is. My nickname is Leeds Warrior.
I've got "Marching on Together" tattooed on my leg.
Every fight, Josh picks a Leeds United legend to enter the ring with him.
And for this fight, there is only one contender.
I want someone who's going to feel it and be part of it, so we sat down and...
I said, it's got to be Cooper. He's the fucking... he's a leader, man.
He's going to lead us into battle. That's what you're doing, ultimately,
you're fucking marching that belt into battle with us. It's a massive thing.
It took me by surprise because Josh hadn't mentioned it.
I messaged back, my missus sat next to me,
"Fancy going to the boxing? Josh asked me to do a ring walk."
She was like, "Yeah, let's go."
Just your presence there, I don't take it for granted.
Seeing somebody in the same sporting field there, you do buzz off it.
I can only say thank you for being a part of it, mate.
Leeds through and through.
Always going on and, mate, doing the business.
Let's do it. Let's go, let's go!
And now, let's welcome to the ring, the defending world champion
from Leeds, England:
Josh "The Leeds Warrior" Warrington!
Two massive clubs in English football - a clash fit for the Premier League -
this is Aston Villa versus Leeds United.
Bielsa is forced to juggle his pack once again. It's an injury-ravaged squad.
Move back towards his dream.
...forward here. McGinn inside the penalty area,
he's bearing down on Peacock-Farrell, it falls to Abraham and he's scored.
United are behind again in the Championship
and it's the Chelsea loanee, Tammy Abraham.
Now here comes Warrington again.
Terrific intensity.
Chance for Villa. Falls for Hourihane on his left foot,
that's where he likes it... two-nil Villa.
More aggression from the champion...
Oh, he's caught him!
Big left hook from Warrington. What a start to this fight.
And he's gone looking for Frampton.
Nearly an hour gone. Leeds trailing two-nil.
They need something to happen now.
Jack Clarke, what can he do coming off the wing?
Sets his sights... and he hits the target!
And Leeds, just two-one behind, have hope now at Villa Park.
Corner for Leeds.
Up goes Jansson and that's two-two!
Another equaliser for Leeds.
That never-say-die spirit in full evidence again.
This side does not know when it's beaten.
And how they celebrate with their fans at Villa Park.
He comes again. Frampton is in trouble, is he going to go?
Warrington thinks he is.
We're five minutes deep into added time. Is there another chance for Leeds?
Here's Roofe... Oh, he's driven it low and he's won it!
It's a five-goal thriller at the Villa
and Kemar Roofe has done it right at the death.
The winner by unanimous decision
and still IBF featherweight champion of the world.
And that's it. An incredible comeback is complete for Leeds.
What a weekend for the city.
Josh Warrington defends his world title and United go top of the table.
Happy Christmas!
The incredible comeback at Villa Park
shows Marcelo Bielsa's demanding approach is paying off.
The team fight to the very end
and ensure they are top of the table on Christmas Day.
For the past ten seasons, every team in this position at this time
has been automatically promoted to the Premier League.
Leeds are now the bookies' red-hot favourites to win the title
and return to the top flight.
Only three days later, Leeds must take on Blackburn Rovers at Elland Road...
It's the Leeds Warrior, Josh Warrington.
...and they have a special guest urging them on.
It's a game supporters expect to win here at Elland Road.
Leeds United against Blackburn Rovers,
it's the second game in three days over the intense Christmas period.
We cannot promise the drama that we saw at Aston Villa
but Leeds need to keep that momentum going
as they look to push on towards the Premier League.
Harrison with the cross and it's in.
Leeds are ahead - as expected, they finally make the breakthrough.
It's Leeds United one, Blackburn Rovers nil.
Not sure how but Leeds have gifted Mulgrew the chance to equalise
and Blackburn are coming away from Elland Road with something.
It's Leeds one, Blackburn one.
Heading into added time. Blackburn have a free-kick.
And surely they can't win it now... and it's Mulgrew
and he's beaten Peacock-Farrell at the near post.
I can't believe what I'm seeing.
Blackburn Rovers at the death here look like they have stolen
all three points to take back to Lancashire.
Leeds United have given up a lead.
It's been a hell of a turnaround here at Elland Road.
And Rovers look like they have stolen it right at the very end.
Forshaw with the cross, flicked on by Hernandez,
Jansson with the header, saved...
and at the second attempt Roofe's done it!
It's another equaliser, two-two at Elland Road.
Dig in, dig in and never give in.
What spirit this side are showing.
This is the mark of champions.
This is the mark of a side that wants to go up.
Roofe with the header... he's done it!
It's three-two.
Leeds have done it again. Another five-goal thriller.
How can this happen? This just isn't real.
I defy you to write a better story
and I defy you to witness better scenes at any ground in England.
Leeds United have beaten Blackburn Rovers three-two.
This is crazy.
Elland Road has gone completely bonkers
as Leeds United continue their push for promotion
with the greatest comeback we've seen.
It was emotional for everyone.
I think that football has these impacts
that originate from feelings
and reach high peaks of expression.
In this sense, as a trigger of emotions, football is incomparable.
Leeds United have shown true fighting spirit
during the first half of the season
and remain in prime position to win promotion to the Premier League.
Next time, as the January transfer window opens,
Leeds target key signings to strengthen their push for a top-flight return.
But it's not player transfers that make the headlines,
as a controversial incident causes a huge storm,
and makes Leeds United
the most talked-about club in world football once again.
We'll spy where we want
We're Leeds United We'll spy where we want