Leeds 1 – 0 Reading

The goal of Stuart Dallas and a penalty stop in Bailey Peabad-Farrell allowed Leeds to win 1-0 at home against Reading, allowing them to finish second in the Sky Bet championship on Tuesday.

Leeds flew out of the blocks against the Royals threatened with relegation, with Barry Douglas leading the first 90 seconds at Elland Road.

Reading held its guests and improved after a nervous opening, without ever testing the return of the Peabad-Farrell, which led Marcelo Bielsa to introduce Samuel Saiz and Jack Clarke at half-time.

And he paid off with a much improved performance in the second half, which earned him the goal he deserved when Dallas bounced back after the impressive Anssi Jaakkola pushed the effort away within easy reach. Roofe.

Peabad-Farrell was then well stopped from Marc McNulty's last-minute penalty to allow Leeds to fly over the finish line and come back over Norwich in second place in the automatic promotion.

Leeds recovered his courage at the beginning of the phase after two unconvincing performances, overloading Reading and thirsting for goals.

After the first half of Douglas, they came together in the first 15 minutes. Pablo Hernandez and Roofe also saw their efforts stalled.

Reading overcame the pressure and started playing Leeds in their own way, pushing them high into the field. They had the misfortune to see Danny Loader, in his first start, shoot into the goals of a poor Peabad-Farrell punch, before it bounced off Yakou Meite.

The double substitutions had the expected effect for Leeds after half-time and nearly led to the opening of the scoring in the ensuing minute, but Yiadom inadvertently cleared the lead behind Clarke's center .

Jaakkola made a magnificent stop to keep Roofe's head on Douglas' exceptional center, dipping from far right, to plunge into the palm of the hand with a powerful hand.

Four minutes later, he was alert again when Douglas covered Hernandez and knocked in a low balloon that Roofe was diverting towards the goal, but the rebound of his reaction stopped in spite of Dallas who found himself with a simple finish.

This is how we remember the decisive moment of the match, Douglas including unnecessarily in place of the replacement Josh Sims in the area, the winger going nowhere within two minutes of the end, and Mike Dean headed straight for the place.

But Peabad-Farrell guessed that McNulty's goal was the right way to turn the ball for a corner and finally give Leeds what could be a crucial win in a tight promotion race.

Man of the Match – Barry Douglas

Despite his last-minute offense, five badists and what should have been at least a deciding pbad were the story of the day for Douglas, whose deliveries went as usual.

Most of the time, he was strong on the defense, placing four tackles on the Reading players, but it was on the attack where he really proved himself and he is by far the most impressive player of the last third of each side.

And after?

Leeds is back Sky Sports Football this Saturday, when they go to Sheffield United, at 12:30. Later in the day, Stoke City, host of Reading at Madejski Stadium, will start at 3 pm