Leeds United fought tooth and nail to earn a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace despite being down to 10 men for the entire second-half. Gabriel Gudmundsson was sent off after Dominic Calvert-Lewin missed a penalty but Daniel Farke’s side stood tall.
After a relatively scrappy opening 40 minutes the game sprung into life but just about everything went against Leeds. First, Calvert-Lewin dragged a penalty wide before Gudmundsson was shown a highly controversial second yellow card, with referee Thomas Bramall seemingly forgetting he’d booked the Swede earlier.
Farke made two half-time changes and decided to sit in for the point, defending brilliantly and frustrating their hosts who saw a Jefferson Lerma goal ruled out for offside. Leeds continued to defend their goal brilliantly, with Palace failing to register a single shot on target and the spoils shared.
YEP chief football writer Graham Smyth was at Elland Road to watch the action. Below are his Leeds United player ratings...
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13. Sub: Ilia Gruev
7 - Dug in, chased and harried to try and press Palace when he came on for the second half. | Getty Images
14. Referee: Thomas Bramall
3 - He got the penalty right, he did well to resist pressure to send Bijol off but he got the Gudmundsson situation horribly wrong. Was inconsistent - Johnson could have gone too - and perhaps most unforgiveable he was forgetful. | AFP via Getty Images