Late goal thwarts Leeds

Leeds United shared the points in an enthralling 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Leeds looked like they were going to grab a crucial three points thanks to two second half goals from Steve Morison, after they had gone in at the break behind, but for the second time in four days a late leveller denied them.

Neil Warnock named an unchanged side for the fifth game in a row and in an even first twenty minutes, neither side could get a firm grip of the game.

Palace started to take control and Glenn Murray twice forced Paddy Kenny into good saves.

Leeds didn`t heed the warning and Murray headed the home side ahead on 27 minutes when he found himself unmarked at the far post.

Paul Green had a good chance to send Leeds in level at half time when he broke through the Palace defence. Julian Speroni saved his effort and Luke Varney on the follow up saw his effort scrambled clear.

The second half started with Leeds trying to find a way back into the game and they didn`t have to wait too long when Steve Morison slotted his left foot shot past Speroni to bring Leeds level before the hour.

Morison was at it again thirteen minutes later, when a route-one ball by Paddy Kenny found Morison in behind the Palace defence and his superbly struck volley beat Speroni.

Palace were laying siege on the Leeds goal and Steve Dobbie could have quite easily have scored a hat-trick in a ten minute spell.

Leeds were desperate for a third and Ross McCormack came closest when he dragged his shot wide.

The miss was to prove critical as Murray once again found space at the far post to beat Kenny with just six minutes remaining.

Both sides tried to find a winner in the closing minutes but a draw was probably a fair result in what was a superb advert for championship football.

Teams
Speroni, Jedinak, Delaney, Ramage, Parr, Williams (Wilbraham 86), Zaha, Dikgacoi, Bolasie (K. Phillips 74), Murray, Dobbie (Moritz 83)

Subs not used
Price, Moxey, Richards, Butterfield

Leeds
Kenny, Byram, Lees, Peltier, Warnock, Green, Norris (Austin 88), Tonge, Varney, Morison (Habibou 90), McCormack (Hall 88)

Subs not used
Ashdown, Pearce, White, Brown

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