Down and out, the clash with Aston Villa appears to have rekindled Leeds United’s fight.
Two successive losses over Easter killed off Leeds United’s automatic promotion dream.
Marcelo Bielsa’s side’s season appeared to be losing momentum. Then they faced Aston Villa.
Leeds’ match with Villa did not give them three points. Instead they gained something even more important. Their fight.
The result, a 1-1 draw, was immaterial.
What was important was that Leeds’ players began fighting together as a team again.
And fight they did. Players from both teams had to be separated, with Aston Villa’s Anwar El Ghazi sent off.
In front of a raucous crowd, Leeds’ players appeared to remember what they were fighting for once again.
It was just what Leeds needed to gee themselves up ahead of a play-off push.
Aston Villa sparked the game’s big moment, protesting vigorously at Leeds’ controversial goal.
This all seemed to rally the Leeds players, the crowd, and might just have got the Whites’ flagging season back on track.
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