On the night when Leeds celebrated the career of one of their great managers, how fitting the timing felt that the 2025 class of Elland Road delivered a display and a result of which Howard Wilkinson would have been proud – and one which the incumbent manager desperately needed.
Leeds’s season may ultimately not be defined by a night such as this, but it could well be reignited by it. The pressure had been mounting after a run of four successive defeats that had dropped the side into the relegation zone, and left speculation swirling over Daniel Farke’s future at the club.
However, this comprehensive and deserved victory against Chelsea was a performance that had all the hallmarks of Wilkinson’
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