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There is a massive expectation
for this city.

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We want to be back
to the Premier League.

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We've played amazing so far
and I think we're going to win the league.

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Fifteen years we have been waiting

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so hopefully this is the team
that are going to put us back up there.

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Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!

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This season? We're going to get
to the Premiership. Of course.

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We're going to do it. We've got to.

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The best chance we've had in years,
mate. Best chance. We've got to.

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I think we'll do it.
Come on Leeds. Come on!

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Programmes!

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Can't see us losing for the rest
of the year, to be honest.

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Come on, Leeds!

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If we go to the Premier League,
I'll run bollock naked down this street.

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It will be cold, that's all I'm saying.

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Leeds United are blazing a trail
in the English Championship.

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We are Leeds
We are Leeds!

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Up between them goes Roofe.
Oh, that's an imperious header.

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After eight games,
they are top of the table and undefeated.

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Seeing that football was brilliant.

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We just, like, ripped them to bits.

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There is new-found belief
on the pitch and on the terraces.

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Key to Leeds'
brilliant start to the season

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is the performance
of striker Kemar Roofe.

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His form was rewarded with the first
Championship Player of the Month award.

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It's all stemmed from our pre-season.

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It's been the best pre-season
I've had so far, the hardest,

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and the style of play
that Marcelo is giving us.

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Every day he is educating us
on our style of play with the ball,

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without the ball.

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He is a player that has taken great care

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of returning in his best form.

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- How are you doing?
- Yeah, all right. How about yourself?

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Decent month, eh?

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Six more months and we'll be right!

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I know, exactly.
I've got to keep it up now.

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Keep it up.

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A proper family man, really.

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When it comes to his missus
and his kids and his dogs.

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He's not your typical footballer.

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He works really, really hard,
so we were delighted for his success

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but not surprised
because there were signs of it last year

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and then this summer
he just took advantage

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of what Marcelo
was trying to get into them.

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You look at his physique now
compared to the end of last year

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and he's a different build.

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If we get promoted
it's going to be unbelievable.

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The club itself is massive.

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People tell me it's a big club.
Yes, it is,

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but you don't actually realise it
until you are in the moment.

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So, I could just go anywhere
in the country, even in the world,

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I'd go somewhere
and there's always a Leeds fan

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that will come up to me
and say hello and talk to me.

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And, for me, just getting used to that,
it's unreal, it's mental.

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Imagine if we get into the Premier League?

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As the season progresses
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Leeds remain top of the Championship.

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The team continue to show off
their dazzling, high-energy football,

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the signature style
of head coach Marcelo Bielsa.

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Next up is a tricky away game
at local rivals Sheffield Wednesday.

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It's going to fall to Klich. He tries one.
Oh, it's the equaliser.

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One-one, Mateusz Klich once again.

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He's banging them in
from all over the park

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as Leeds refuse to back down.

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One week later, league leaders Leeds

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have another tough game
against top-six side Brentford.

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It's a spikey affair.

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Leeds midfielder Gianni Alioski
has an altercation

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with the Brentford bench
whilst trying to retrieve the ball.

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And with only two minutes
left on the clock

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Leeds are trailing one goal to nil.

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But Leeds are also showing off a trait

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that is the signature
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a never-say-die fighting spirit.

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Alioski delivers.

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Up goes Jansson... and there it is!

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Once again, Leeds United leave it late
but they have gone and secured a point.

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Look what it means to the fans,

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look what it means to the board
and looks what it means to Bielsa.

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And that fighting spirit is evident
off the pitch as well as on it.

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An incensed Victor Orta,
Leeds' director of football,

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is convinced a Brentford player
dived in order to win a penalty.

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Respect the shirt!

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Look at the TV! Look at the TV! Dive!

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Dive, look at the TV!

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Early November
and Leeds sit at the top of the table.

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Look at that, seven or eight
white shirts hunting in a pack.

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Marcelo Bielsa's demanding,
high-intensity style,

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the Bielsa Press,

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continues to enthral
fans and pundits alike.

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I used to be an avid
Football Manager player,

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so I used to download all the tactics.

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There was always a tactic you could
download called the Bielsa press.

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I thought, "What is a Bielsa?"

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As soon as Leeds got linked with him,
I had an idea of what it was all about.

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It's just that interlinking player,
the press...

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Yeah, the speed...

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- ...attacking. Speed, yeah.
- It's fitness, isn't it?

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Fitness is a massive part.

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Just seeing the players all over the
pitch, the different runs they make.

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- The passing and moving.
- Positioning.

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You see it all and you think,
"Leeds don't play like this.

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Where have they learned
to do this so quickly?"

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It's incredible,
the way he improves players.

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Playing from the back,
from the goalkeeper.

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Everyone moving all the time.

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No one stops for one second of the game.

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From day one he said, "If you don't accept
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leave, find something else."

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All the players who are still with us now,
they accepted it from day one.

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Marcelo Bielsa is considered
one of the most influential coaches

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of all time by football experts.

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He is only a few months
into his reign at Leeds United

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but is already adored
by their demanding fans.

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I've heard so many stories
that are just completely crackers.

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He signed Pochettino as a kid

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and went to his house
at two o'clock in the morning

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to check his legs
before he signed him... and that is true.

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So, if that's true about him,
you'll believe anything.

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One group of Leeds fans

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have turned
their regular football podcast

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into a celebration of Marcelo Bielsa.

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We just started writing...

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writing football songs, basically.

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And obviously I had the idea
for the "Bielsa Rhapsody".

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I was lying in bed one day
and I was like,

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"Open your eyes, look up to the skies,
we're Leeds."

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And that was it and off I went.

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It went online and...

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I was doing interviews in Norway,
in Argentina and Brazil.

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People were contacting me
from all over the world because of Bielsa.

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I think Bielsa
has got this magnetism around him

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that probably can't be true in real life.

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I hope I never meet him because
at the minute, he's up there for me.

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I love the guy. I'm obsessed.
I think about him every day.

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Not a single day has gone by that I
haven't thought about Marcelo Bielsa.

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He's brought some pride back,
hasn't he, Michael?

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He has. He's brought hope.
And it's the hope that kills you.

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Marching on together

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Bielsa has brought hope
back to Leeds United,

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but critics have suggested
his demanding high-press style

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can make players burn out
as the season progresses.

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Many of their star players
have picked up injuries

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in the opening months of the season,

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including no-nonsense defender
Gaetano Berardi.

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It's not easy to play in this way.
You can see the injuries.

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You can see some strange,
bad situations during the season.

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But, it's our way to play.

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It's what Marcelo wants

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and we can see the results,
so we just need to keep going.

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Big summer signing,
striker Patrick Bamford,

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has a long-term knee injury.

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...when you step outside.

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- It's just literally the bending.
- The sprints?

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It's the only thing, I can't fully sprint.

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Defender Pontus Jansson
is also a regular in the treatment room.

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And fellow defender, Luke Ayling,
has an ankle and knee injury, too.

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- Nice to meet you. It's Luke, isn't it?
- Yeah, Luke, yeah.

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Can I have a look at this ankle
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- at your knee as well?
- Yeah, right ankle, right knee so...

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- Have you had these injections before?
- No, first time.

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So, what we are going to do
is inject some fluid into the ankle.

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Every month there's been six or seven lads
injured. I can't remember a month

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where there's only been two or three
in the physio room.

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I think every single month
has been like that.

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Right, so that's your injection done.
That's protecting it.

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- Perfect.
- Alright. No problem at all.

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Thank you very much.

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Emotionally, the team
have had to become more robust.

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There's a lot of pressure on them.

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We've gone from an environment
where players trained for two hours a day

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and then go and play golf
or listen to music.

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Now they're in Thorp Arch
for nine hours a day

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and the requirements,
Marcelo is asking a lot of them.

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What's made me really proud of the team
this year is that they've all stepped up.

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People talk about cultural changes
in organisations.

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The cultural change
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is really severe.
It's changed their whole way of life.

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But each one of them to a man
stepped up and embraced it.

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It's mid-November. Since the last-grasp
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Leeds have only won two
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and have slipped to third place.
Now, an injury-depleted side

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face fellow title contenders
West Bromwich Albion away from home.

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So, another huge test for Leeds United,

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this time at the Hawthorns
against much-fancied West Bromwich Albion

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and Leeds are ravaged by injury.

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But the reward,
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will be a return to the top of the table
if they can win.

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Leeds are on the back foot
from the start.

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West Brom on the attack with Rodriguez,
in round the back here with Robson-Kanu,

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who shoots low
and he's beaten Peacock-Farrell.

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And West Brom deservedly take the lead.

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United are behind here at the Hawthorns.

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For the first time this season,
Leeds are dominated by an opponent.

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They are coming again.
Phillips from distance...

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and Peacock-Farrell
will not look back well on that one,

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beaten from a long way out

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and Phillips doubles the lead
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It's West Brom two, Leeds United nil

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and this is the first time that United

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have been seriously outplayed
in a match under Marcelo Bielsa.

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They're in for a third here,
Harvey Barnes, and that is three.

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And the humiliation must be complete now
for Leeds United.

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There's no way back here. They've been
ripped apart in this second half.

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Again and again, their defence -
ravaged by injuries - is breached.

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Is there a fourth?
Dwight Gayle with the cheeky back heel.

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He loves a goal against Leeds.
He's got another one.

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After decades of disappointment,

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Leeds fans had real hope
for a return to the top flight.

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But after the West Brom defeat,
doubt has resurfaced.

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West Brom away, I mean,
it was a bit of a reality check, really.

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We got beat.

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You're just downhearted,

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but I'm one of those people
who sleeps on it and forgets about it.

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Leeds were not promotion favourites
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but even after
that comprehensive defeat, they are now.

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An entire city is hoping,
almost demanding, success.

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The players
have got to turn up on the pitch

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and the fans have to stick by them.

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We're a city where, if we lose -

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and as much as I love Leeds
and the fans who are behind us -

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we've got some fans who are very fickle

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and they're quick to jump
on the players' backs.

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The way you have to bounce back from it
is just to learn from when it went wrong

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and try not to dwell
on the negative side and that bad feeling.

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You have to turn that into a positive.
So the loss, the feeling of going down

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to a big score like that,
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you have to take on that anger
and that fucking frustration

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and think,
"I never want to feel like that again."

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In a break from training,
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is visiting Josh Warrington,

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IBF featherweight champion
and fanatical Leeds United supporter.

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- How have you been?
- Not too bad, steady away.

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- How are you?
- Alright, yeah.

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We're not training until quarter to one.

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Have you got your gloves?

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I only really started following Josh
when I moved to Leeds.

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We get the opportunity
to meet each other through sport.

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- Alright mate, alright?
- Top man.

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How's it going?

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Good mate,
we had a couple of days off last week...

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but once he's given us
a couple of days off, that's it.

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We're straight back down
to grafting, you know?

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Today will probably be the hardest day.
Obviously we are all on those GPSs,

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just to get all of your running stats up
and your accelerations, decelerations.

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He's just mad for it.

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A lot of players that play for the club

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probably don't understand
what it is to be Leeds.

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I think you've got that kind of mentality.

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- Like, you're from fucking...
- Working class, mate...

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Working class, you understand what it is.

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People talk about Leeds fans
being a different breed.

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We are. It's a different mentality.

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Massively, massively passionate,
as you've seen, home and away.

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Fucking in there, do you know what I mean,
like, how bad do you want it?

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What's going to stop you
from throwing down your arms?

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It's mentality.
It's fucking Leeds, that what it is.

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I wouldn't want to do
what you're doing, anyway!

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Getting punched in the face for a living.

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Josh is defending his IBF world title
in December

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knowing thousands of passionate Leeds fans
will be in his corner.

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Leeds fans see Josh
as one of their own, which he is.

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They want to give him
any advantage they can,

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so if that's intimidating someone
or making someone think, "Woah,"

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I mean, it's that little advantage.

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He might need that during the fight
at any specific time.

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Leeds fans recognise that.
Like they do with us on the pitch

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when they're smashing
"Marching on Together" out

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either at the start of a game
or during the game.

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It does give you that lift
because you think,

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"This means something,
this is their lives,

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and they are here to watch us."

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Hopefully we can keep them there
for the remainder of games

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and do something really special.

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Fucking, you're standing
on history here, kid.

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Before the crucial run
of games in December,

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Andrea and the Leeds board
are meeting in London

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to discuss plans
for the rest of the season and beyond.

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And joining them are representatives
from the San Francisco 49ers,

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including president Paraag Marathe
and chief executive Jed York,

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who have invested in Leeds recently.

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So, the board meetings are...

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when you've got the creativity
and intellect of Andrea and the 49ers,

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it tends to be a very productive
and interesting debate,

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but also there is business
that we need to get done as well.

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The 49ers have run one
of the greatest franchises in world sport

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and they can help us from a commercial
perspective and a technical perspective.

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But the key thing in terms of taking
an investment and making it work

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has really been the individuals involved.

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So, Paraag and Jed,
they buy into what Leeds United can be.

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They buy into the potential.
They are here for the journey,

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so they're learning about the sport,
they are learning about the game

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but we're also learning from them

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because I think there are certain
commercial and technical elements

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that we can learn from.

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Paraag and his team
are keen to understand the intricacies

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of Leeds United's
player recruitment policy

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and how director of football,
Victor Orta,

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works with head coach Marcelo Bielsa.

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The reason that we have conversations
by phone or face to face

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for nearly one hour each day
is because I can start to feel

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what things he likes
with respect to the skills of the players.

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Now for me, in my past,
when I have had big success,

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is when the head coach
trusts the recruitment 200%.

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Victor explains the variety of tools
and expertise at their disposal

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when scouting for players.

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Now in football, we can discuss
a lot of the tools that we use,

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but the information is for all the people.

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All the people have the information
and it is not expensive.

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The data or the algorithms
are not expensive,

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and all people have the information.
But this is not the key for success.

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The key for success
is to convert this information

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into knowledge for your team.

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This is really important because all
the people have access to the information.

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But you need to convert it into knowledge.
When you do that, you have the real power.

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Yesterday was just a normal meeting,
board meeting to update our partners

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but also an update from the management,
to update me.

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It's always good for me
to have an overview

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about everything that's going on
in the club in more detail.

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I see we are finally getting closer

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to the club
I wanted to build from the beginning.

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I'm very proud to say
that the vision I had

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is starting to become concrete.

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Step by step, we are getting
to be the club we want to be.

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We are becoming a good club,
modern and well-managed,

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and this reflects on the pitch, I think.

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I think it's a big day,
very important game.

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We can't lose more points.

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Tom, let's put some music on.
I'm getting depressed.

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- What kind of thing do you like?
- Anything, don't worry. Just...

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No news. No politics.

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- There we are.
- Yeah, that's better.

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I had a very rough week.
We need a win now to cheer me up.

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Andrea, keep doing all your good work.
Thank you.

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It's early December
and Leeds face arguably

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their toughest test
of the season so far,

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another Yorkshire derby
at promotion rivals Sheffield United.

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- I'm very pleased to be back here.
- It's good to have you back.

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This time, hopefully,
you be more generous on the pitch.

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Well, I'm not sure about that.

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It's a shame to spoil a good day
by losing to Leeds United

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because the competition
between the two clubs

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has been immense for many, many years.

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We've always had some great games.
Some games I can remember at Elland Road.

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I don't want to remember the score
because you did win and won well

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but the camaraderie
is hard fought on the pitch.

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And I may say, under your stewardship,

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the camaraderie and hospitality
off the pitch is first class.

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There were years
when it wasn't that way at Leeds

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but it's good to see the club
restored to a community club

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just like Sheffield United.

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- Thank you. Good luck today.
- Good luck today.

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From the next game.

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Yorkshire derby matches
are always fierce battles.

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Leeds, with an injury-ravaged squad,
are taking on Sheffield United,

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who have a similar,
all-out attacking style.

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They always start fast. Very fast.

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The first 15 minutes
we need to be very focused on the pitch.

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I think the West Brom game might be
the best thing that happened to us.

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Because we learnt so much from it.

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He can play anywhere, even goalkeeper.

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This is as partisan as it can be
for a promotion push.

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Two Yorkshire sides
divided by a halfway line

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as they go head to head

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looking for a place in the Premier League
at this early stage of the season.

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Twenty minutes into the game
and yet another injury for Leeds.

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This time to inspirational captain,
Liam Cooper.

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Cooper is down

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and he's been an absolute colossus
for Leeds so far this season

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and can you believe it?

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Another injury blow for Leeds United
and what a crucial man this is as well.

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Key to the defence, key to the performance
at the back all season.

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Oh, that's another bad challenge.
Stuart Dallas down this time.

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Off, off, off, off!

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At half-time, defender Luke Ayling
is outraged that the officials

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have been too lenient with
Sheffield United's aggressive approach.

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Marcelo Bielsa brings on
young attacking midfielder Jack Clarke.

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Substitute Jack Clarke
looking to weave his magic.

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What can he conjure up here?

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Strikes and Henderson goes low.

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Here's Klich.
He's fancying his chances, too.

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Stopped by Henderson,
following with the rebound.

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Klich again. So close past the angle.

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Egan with the pass back to Henderson.

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He's struggling
to keep this one in and clear.

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Clarke has pounced,
he's going to find Hernandez here...

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Hernandez from close range

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wraps up the points in the Yorkshire derby
for Leeds United.

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What a huge step towards promotion
this could be.

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It's the youngster Clarke
to the veteran Hernandez

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and they have combined lethally
for Leeds United.

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And Leeds United have done it.

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First win at Bramall Lane since 1992.

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And Leeds United take the bragging rights
against Sheffield United.

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Thank you.

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A huge win. Leeds United's first win
at Bramall Lane since 1992,

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the year they were last crowned
champions of England.

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The crucial win has come at a cost.

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Captain Liam Cooper's knee injury
will require surgery.

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And teammate Stuart Dallas
has a broken bone in his foot.

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Since the heavy four-one defeat
to West Bromwich Albion,

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Leeds have recorded three straight wins.

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One player has been pivotal
in this recovery: Pablo Hernandez.

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I think he's been marvellous to watch.
He sees things that others just don't.

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Hernandez on his day is just unplayable
and he has got better this season.

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Bear in mind, he wasn't even guaranteed
a regular start when he first came.

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I think he makes me a better coach

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because I see solutions and decisions

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that I've rarely seen
throughout my career.

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You okay? You happy?
Are you watching the training? You like?

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00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,520
Marcelo says he's a quiet leader,
and that's really how it is.

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It feels so good when he is on the pitch.

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He's one of them.
He's really quiet away from the pitch

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but you put him on the pitch
and he's full of character.

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He comes alive. He's loud.
He's authoritative.

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Back in the changing rooms,
he's just quiet Pablo again.

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I know I am an important player
in the squad

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but, like me,
we have other important players.

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If I play well,
it's because they helped me.

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This is the most important thing for me.

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And I do all I can do for the team.

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00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,280
You can feel this club is different.
This club is a big club.

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00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,240
Leeds United may be coming out
of the darkest period in its history.

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For the first time in years
it appears there is a real unity

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between fans, players,
management and owner.

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That's what Andrea wanted to do.
He wanted to reconnect the fanbase with...

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He wanted to reconnect
with the community and with the fans.

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He wanted to make a big statement to say,

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"We're custodians and you're going to take
the club forward for us."

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And he's done that.

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They'd had 15 years of turmoil.

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Our objective as a club, is to...

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we're trying to do one thing,
make the supporters proud.

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00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,680
Over the last 15 years, Leeds supporters
haven't had enough to be proud about.

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It's early December.

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00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,200
Later today, Leeds take on
Queens Park Rangers at Elland Road.

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00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,600
Before the game, Andrea and wife Nedine

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are dropping into
a Leeds city centre hospital

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to visit patients, staff and volunteers.

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We've had a lot of bad owners
that have not put the club first.

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This is the first time
for a long, long time

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that the stability
is there in the background.

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We've got great interaction with the team
and what we've got with Radrizzani,

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we've got a good relationship with him.

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00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:28,400
I should have dressed like Santa Claus.

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00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,400
- Yeah, you should have done.
- I have already in the past.

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00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,880
I'm sure Marcelo looks good as a Santa.

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00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,520
- You tell him. I'm not telling him.
- I can tell him.

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00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,160
- You scared of him, yeah?
- Yeah!

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That's okay.

451
00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:44,160
Great, so, shall we go
and meet some patients?

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00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,160
Hello. Are you wondering
who all these people are?

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00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,440
Yeah. He's had his first batch,
so he's waiting for his second.

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So cute.

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00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:58,360
- Become a football player, Roberto.
- Oh, he likes it.

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00:27:58,480 --> 00:27:59,960
I'll wait for you, okay?

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00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,040
- I think he likes it.
- When we go Premier League, then you come.

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00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,320
Oh, he's smiling at you, Nedine.
He likes you.

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00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,440
Look at his eyes. Be strong, my man.

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00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,240
I look forward
to seeing you in the stadium, okay?

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00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:18,160
Andrea has invited some of the kids
from the Children's Heart Surgery Fund

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to today's game against QPR.

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It's been brilliant.
I only told her a few days ago

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because she really likes stuff like this.

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And because she's been in hospital
for so long,

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00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,920
she's met quite a few players,
you know, at the LGI,

467
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:35,600
so she has remembered them
so she is excited for today.

468
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,960
- I'll try and score for you, okay?
- So, if he scores...

469
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,080
- But don't cry, okay?
- When you're in the tunnel,

470
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,000
Pablo will hold your hand
and walk out with you.

471
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,160
What's up, do you not think
we're going to win today, is that it?

472
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,280
Despite a good run,

473
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,560
Leeds lie second in the Championship
behind a resurgent Norwich City.

474
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:11,400
They need a win against mid-table
QPR to keep on Norwich's tail.

475
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:14,400
Come on, guys. Come on!

476
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,840
Captain Liam Cooper is on a growing list

477
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,560
of first-team players
sidelined through injury.

478
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,840
Obviously me and the injured lads
are dying to get back

479
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,480
and help the lads in the dressing room
as well as we can.

480
00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:31,560
Come on!

481
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:44,480
I get more nervous watching than I do
when I'm playing and I don't know why.

482
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,000
When you're sat from there, you feel all
the emotion instead of just your own.

483
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,400
It's the fans around you,

484
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,640
you feel the staff's emotion.

485
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,600
When you're playing,
you just have yourself to concentrate on.

486
00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:57,840
Leeds! Leeds!

487
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,800
Leeds' attacking style
has left them vulnerable

488
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,000
to counter-attacks in previous games.

489
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:10,160
Come on!

490
00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,240
Nahki Wells through here.
Jansson has missed his cue,

491
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,280
and Wells again,
low into the corner at the Kop end

492
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,680
and Queens Park Rangers take the lead.

493
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,880
Yet again, Leeds fall behind
against the run of play.

494
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:26,680
And without Liam Cooper.

495
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,760
How costly is it for Leeds
not to have their captain

496
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,520
in these crucial games
leading in towards Christmas?

497
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,920
Leeds need to show their fighting spirit,
no-surrender attitude

498
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,760
to get back into another game
they should not be losing.

499
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,560
It's Shackleton on the overlap for United,

500
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,640
lifts it to the back post
looking for Alioski,

501
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,120
it will drop to Saiz, he won't get
his shot away properly or cleanly,

502
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:01,480
Hernandez will try one and it's Roofe
who steers it in from close range.

503
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,800
Another equaliser and another vital goal
for Kemar Roofe for Leeds United.

504
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:07,960
It's one-one here against QPR.

505
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:20,160
We all love Leeds
We all love Leeds

506
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:23,520
We all love Leeds
We all love Leeds...

507
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:28,200
A draw is not enough to keep on the tail
of table-topping Norwich City.

508
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:33,520
Fans and injured teammates will them on
as they push for a winning goal.

509
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,400
Chance for Roofe here... Oh, it's saved.

510
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,800
What a moment, what a chance.

511
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,960
Roofe could be in here again.
He's over the top of Leistner,

512
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,080
brings it down... and the referee
has seen something... handball.

513
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:54,840
And Leeds United,

514
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,200
for the first time in 59 games,
have been given a penalty.

515
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,800
And at the Kop end,
Kemar Roofe has the chance

516
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,040
to take all three points
against Queens Park Rangers.

517
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:09,720
It's two for Roofe, it's two for Leeds.

518
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:23,000
The walking wounded look on.
The tension is palpable.

519
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:24,720
Can Leeds hang on?

520
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:33,800
That's it, they've done it.
It's finished Leeds two, QPR one.

521
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,280
Another battling
back-from-behind performance.

522
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,080
Leeds and Norwich
hold the two automatic promotion spots

523
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,320
and a gap is growing between them
and the chasing pack.

524
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:45,040
Yes!

525
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:50,520
But their injury-hit squad
now face a hectic flurry of fixtures

526
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,400
over the busy Christmas period

527
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:56,560
when Championship sides
must play four games in nine days.

528
00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:00,440
There's another huge event on the horizon
for the city's sports fans.

529
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:06,640
Leeds boxing hero, Josh Warrington,
is defending his IBF world title

530
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,480
against challenger
and favourite Carl Frampton.

531
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:14,320
Since I've been fighting in Leeds,
I've always tried to keep it in Leeds.

532
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:18,280
Just because, it's what it is.
My nickname is Leeds Warrior.

533
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,440
I've got "Marching on Together"
tattooed on my leg.

534
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:24,680
Every fight, Josh picks a Leeds United
legend to enter the ring with him.

535
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,160
And for this fight,
there is only one contender.

536
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:32,000
I want someone who's going to feel it
and be part of it, so we sat down and...

537
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:36,040
I said, it's got to be Cooper.
He's the fucking... he's a leader, man.

538
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,240
He's going to lead us into battle.
That's what you're doing, ultimately,

539
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:43,080
you're fucking marching that belt into
battle with us. It's a massive thing.

540
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,800
It took me by surprise
because Josh hadn't mentioned it.

541
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:47,640
I messaged back,
my missus sat next to me,

542
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,480
"Fancy going to the boxing?
Josh asked me to do a ring walk."

543
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:51,760
She was like, "Yeah, let's go."

544
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:55,440
Just your presence there,
I don't take it for granted.

545
00:33:55,600 --> 00:34:01,080
Seeing somebody in the same sporting field
there, you do buzz off it.

546
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,600
I can only say thank you
for being a part of it, mate.

547
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:06,800
Leeds through and through.

548
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,520
Always going on and, mate,
doing the business.

549
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,000
Let's do it. Let's go, let's go!

550
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:18,720
And now, let's welcome to the ring,
the defending world champion

551
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,200
from Leeds, England:

552
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:28,240
Josh "The Leeds Warrior" Warrington!

553
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:35,680
Two massive clubs in English football -
a clash fit for the Premier League -

554
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,680
this is Aston Villa versus Leeds United.

555
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:48,520
Bielsa is forced to juggle his pack
once again. It's an injury-ravaged squad.

556
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:50,760
Move back towards his dream.

557
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,120
...forward here.
McGinn inside the penalty area,

558
00:34:55,240 --> 00:34:58,360
he's bearing down on Peacock-Farrell,
it falls to Abraham and he's scored.

559
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,840
United are behind again
in the Championship

560
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:02,880
and it's the Chelsea loanee,
Tammy Abraham.

561
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,960
Now here comes Warrington again.

562
00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:08,560
Terrific intensity.

563
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,520
Chance for Villa.
Falls for Hourihane on his left foot,

564
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:13,720
that's where he likes it... two-nil Villa.

565
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,920
More aggression from the champion...

566
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,120
Oh, he's caught him!

567
00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:21,440
Big left hook from Warrington.
What a start to this fight.

568
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:23,320
And he's gone looking for Frampton.

569
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,120
Nearly an hour gone.
Leeds trailing two-nil.

570
00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:27,720
They need something to happen now.

571
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,960
Jack Clarke, what can he do
coming off the wing?

572
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,520
Sets his sights... and he hits the target!

573
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,920
And Leeds, just two-one behind,
have hope now at Villa Park.

574
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:40,960
Corner for Leeds.

575
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:43,840
Up goes Jansson and that's two-two!

576
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:45,920
Another equaliser for Leeds.

577
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:49,480
That never-say-die spirit
in full evidence again.

578
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,920
This side does not know when it's beaten.

579
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,720
And how they celebrate
with their fans at Villa Park.

580
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,120
He comes again.
Frampton is in trouble, is he going to go?

581
00:35:58,600 --> 00:35:59,880
Warrington thinks he is.

582
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,680
We're five minutes deep into added time.
Is there another chance for Leeds?

583
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,920
Here's Roofe...
Oh, he's driven it low and he's won it!

584
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,040
It's a five-goal thriller at the Villa

585
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,880
and Kemar Roofe
has done it right at the death.

586
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,600
The winner by unanimous decision

587
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:25,120
and still IBF featherweight
champion of the world.

588
00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:28,800
And that's it. An incredible comeback
is complete for Leeds.

589
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:30,720
What a weekend for the city.

590
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:35,640
Josh Warrington defends his world title
and United go top of the table.

591
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,400
Happy Christmas!

592
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,160
The incredible comeback at Villa Park

593
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,360
shows Marcelo Bielsa's demanding approach
is paying off.

594
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,320
The team fight to the very end

595
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,040
and ensure they are top of the table
on Christmas Day.

596
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:53,480
For the past ten seasons,
every team in this position at this time

597
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,160
has been automatically promoted
to the Premier League.

598
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:00,120
Leeds are now the bookies'
red-hot favourites to win the title

599
00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:02,000
and return to the top flight.

600
00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:07,120
Only three days later, Leeds must take
on Blackburn Rovers at Elland Road...

601
00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:09,560
It's the Leeds Warrior, Josh Warrington.

602
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,640
...and they have a special
guest urging them on.

603
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,160
It's a game supporters expect to win
here at Elland Road.

604
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:17,800
Leeds United against Blackburn Rovers,

605
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,720
it's the second game in three days
over the intense Christmas period.

606
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:25,240
We cannot promise the drama
that we saw at Aston Villa

607
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:27,760
but Leeds need to keep that momentum going

608
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:29,920
as they look to push on
towards the Premier League.

609
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,480
Harrison with the cross and it's in.

610
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:46,520
Leeds are ahead - as expected,
they finally make the breakthrough.

611
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,680
It's Leeds United one,
Blackburn Rovers nil.

612
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,440
Not sure how but Leeds have gifted
Mulgrew the chance to equalise

613
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:58,760
and Blackburn are coming away
from Elland Road with something.

614
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,720
It's Leeds one, Blackburn one.

615
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,880
Heading into added time.
Blackburn have a free-kick.

616
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,240
And surely they can't win it now...
and it's Mulgrew

617
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,840
and he's beaten Peacock-Farrell
at the near post.

618
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:17,520
I can't believe what I'm seeing.

619
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,680
Blackburn Rovers at the death here
look like they have stolen

620
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,160
all three points
to take back to Lancashire.

621
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,320
Leeds United have given up a lead.

622
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,880
It's been a hell of a turnaround here
at Elland Road.

623
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,640
And Rovers look like they have stolen it
right at the very end.

624
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:51,240
Forshaw with the cross,
flicked on by Hernandez,

625
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,160
Jansson with the header, saved...

626
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,360
and at the second attempt Roofe's done it!

627
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:01,800
It's another equaliser,
two-two at Elland Road.

628
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:04,320
Dig in, dig in and never give in.

629
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,360
What spirit this side are showing.

630
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:08,520
This is the mark of champions.

631
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,960
This is the mark of a side
that wants to go up.

632
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:13,920
Roofe with the header... he's done it!

633
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:15,360
It's three-two.

634
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:18,800
Leeds have done it again.
Another five-goal thriller.

635
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:21,680
How can this happen? This just isn't real.

636
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,000
I defy you to write a better story

637
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:28,520
and I defy you to witness better scenes
at any ground in England.

638
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,920
Leeds United
have beaten Blackburn Rovers three-two.

639
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:33,440
This is crazy.

640
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,240
Elland Road has gone completely bonkers

641
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:39,280
as Leeds United
continue their push for promotion

642
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:42,160
with the greatest comeback we've seen.

643
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,720
It was emotional for everyone.

644
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:06,040
I think that football has these impacts

645
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:09,440
that originate from feelings

646
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:13,720
and reach high peaks of expression.

647
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:22,280
In this sense, as a trigger of emotions,
football is incomparable.

648
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:27,680
Leeds United have shown
true fighting spirit

649
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,360
during the first half of the season

650
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,640
and remain in prime position
to win promotion to the Premier League.

651
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:39,120
Next time,
as the January transfer window opens,

652
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:43,720
Leeds target key signings to strengthen
their push for a top-flight return.

653
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:48,640
But it's not player transfers
that make the headlines,

654
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,600
as a controversial incident
causes a huge storm,

655
00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:53,040
and makes Leeds United

656
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,600
the most talked-about club
in world football once again.

657
00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:59,080
We'll spy where we want

658
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:02,160
We're Leeds United
We'll spy where we want