Nottingham Forest 0 Leeds United 2: How Daniel Farke’s Whites sunk Steve Cooper’s side

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Leeds United took in their penultimate pre-season friendly on Thursday evening against Nottingham Forest at Burton Albion’s Pirelli Stadium and we ran through the key moments of the evening’s developments here.

Full time! Forest 0 Leeds 2 . Very good second half.

Chance Leeds: Corner, header from Cresswell well wide, Struijk was better placed. 0-2. 88 mins.

GOAL!!!!! Poveda!!! He deserves that. Nice move. Gray to Rutter to Poveda. Takes the ball from Rutter, couple of touches and fires a low shot from the edge of the box into the bottom right. Best player this half for sure. 0-2. 87 mins.

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Bright play: By Joseph, skins Worrall with neat out wide on the left, Leeds finally given a free kick. Move ends with Gyabi firing over.

Important: Sliding interception from Cresswell at the back. Ten minutes left. 0-1. 80 mins.

Nice from Gyabi: Releases Poveda, races forward, looks to play in Rutter who is edged off the ball.

Positions: Rutter as the no 9, Poveda at no 10, Joseph wide left, Gnonto wide right. Poveda has been excellent. 0-1. 76 mins

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Chance Leeds: Poveda. Fierce low strike from the edge of the box flies just wide. Lost his footing as he came forward but Rutter helped win the ball back. 0-1. 75 mins.

Wild Forest attempt: From Aguilera from the edge of the box, high and wide. 0-1. 72 mins.

The Leeds subs: Bamford, Cooper, Gelhardt, James and Byram off for Rutter, Gnonto, Joseph and Hjelde.

Leeds subs: Bamford one of the men to make way. Struijk, Gnonto, Rutter, Joseph and Hjelde all on.

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Ice cool from Bamford: Dreadful back pass, Bamford intercepts, just the keeper to beat, pretends to shoot, sending the keeper to the floor and then is able to calmly stroke the ball home into an empty net. 0-1. 66 mins.

GOAL LEEDS!!!!! Bamford!!!

Cooper to the rescue: After Cresswell is twisted and turned from a rare dangerous Forest attack. Six Forest subs now. Elanga debut. 0-0. 62 mins.

Big chance Leeds again: Bamford cannot get on the end of a James cross, Poveda heavily involved again. 0-0. 61 mins.

Harsh: James sent to the deck on the edge of the box but no foul. James seems fine. 0-0. 59 mins.

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Young guns in the middle: Gyabi and Gray now in centre midfield. Poveda has made a big impact since coming on. Not much from Forest this half. 0-0. 57 mins.

Another Leeds sub: Gyabi on for Ampadu who has again been very good. 0-0. 53 mins.

Huge chance Leeds: James cross from the right flies through the area, just needed a tap in, men in the box, no one could get on the end of it.Byram with an air shot. 0-0. 54 mins.

Chance Leeds, Poveda lively: Down the right, twists and turns and creates space, sends in a cross towards James whose shot is blocked. 0-0. 52 mins.

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Back underway: Poveda and Gray on for Leeds. Ayling and Sinisterra off. Shackleton now at right back. Gray next to Ampadu in centre midfield.

Changes: Ayling and Sinisterra set to come off. Both warming down. Gray and Poveda warming up.