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Patrick Bamford's strike was only his second Premier League goal of the season for Leeds UnitedLeeds slipped back into the Premier League relegation places despite twice coming from behind to earn a point in an entertaining draw at home to Brighton.
Alexis Mac Allister's first-half header was quickly cancelled out by Patrick Bamford's spectacular 20-yard strike before Jack Harrison scored at both ends in a fast and frenetic second period.
World Cup winner Mac Allister nodded Brighton in front from close range after Kaoru Mitoma intelligently headed Pascal Gross' deep cross back into the danger area.
Leeds soon levelled as Bamford's speculative 20-yard shot took a slight deflection off Adam Webster to dip over Jason Steele and in off the underside of the bar.
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A Mitoma cross led to Brighton's second goal as Harrison turned into his own net under pressure from Solly March after Max Wober had narrowly avoided the same fate.
But the midfielder made amends at the other end by curling home from Wilfried Gnonto's short corner.
Wins elsewhere for Bournemouth and Everton, however, meant Leeds slipped two places to 19th, a point from safety, while the draw lifted Brighton up to seventh in their chase for European football next season.
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Leeds United
Squad number1Player nameMeslier
Squad number2Player nameAyling
Squad number5Player nameKoch
Squad number39Player nameWöber
Squad number3Player nameFirpo
Squad number12Player nameAdams
Squad number8Player nameRoca
Squad number10Player nameSummerville
Squad number7Player nameAaronson
Squad number11Player nameHarrison
Squad number9Player nameBamford
Squad number19Player nameRodrigo
Squad number23Player nameSinisterra
Squad number24Player nameRutter
Squad number28Player nameMcKennie
Squad number29Player nameGnonto
Brighton & Hove Albion
Squad number23Player nameSteele
Squad number34Player nameVeltman
Squad number4Player nameWebster
Squad number5Player nameDunk
Squad number30Player nameEstupiñán
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number25Player nameCaicedo
Squad number7Player nameMarch
Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
Squad number22Player nameMitoma
Squad number28Player nameFerguson
Squad number18Player nameWelbeck
Squad number29Player namevan Hecke
Line-ups
Leeds
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Meslier
- 2Ayling
- 5Koch
- 39Wöber
- 3FirpoBooked at 90mins
- 12Adams
- 8RocaSubstituted forMcKennieat 66'minutes
- 10SummervilleSubstituted forGnontoat 66'minutes
- 7AaronsonSubstituted forRutterat 84'minutes
- 11HarrisonSubstituted forSinisterraat 90+4'minutes
- 9BamfordSubstituted forRodrigoat 66'minutes
Substitutes
- 19Rodrigo
- 21Struijk
- 22Robles
- 23Sinisterra
- 24Rutter
- 25Kristensen
- 28McKennie
- 29Gnonto
- 42Greenwood
Brighton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 23Steele
- 34Veltman
- 4WebsterSubstituted forvan Heckeat 88'minutes
- 5Dunk
- 30Estupiñán
- 13Groß
- 25CaicedoBooked at 83mins
- 7March
- 10Mac Allister
- 22Mitoma
- 28FergusonSubstituted forWelbeckat 68'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Sánchez
- 6Colwill
- 18Welbeck
- 19Sarmiento
- 20Enciso
- 21Undav
- 26Ayari
- 29van Hecke
- 40Buonanotte
Referee:Paul Tierney
Attendance:36,471
Live Text
Match ends, Leeds United 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.
Second Half ends, Leeds United 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.
Substitution, Leeds United. Luis Sinisterra replaces Jack Harrison.
Attempt missed. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Georginio Rutter.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Robin Koch.
Junior Firpo (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Junior Firpo (Leeds United).
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jan Paul van Hecke replaces Adam Webster because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Adam Webster (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Rodrigo (Leeds United).
Foul by Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Leeds United. Georginio Rutter replaces Brenden Aaronson.
Moisés Caicedo (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Moisés Caicedo (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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