Leeds came from behind twice to grab a share of the spoils against European contenders Brighton at Elland Road at the weekend, but with other results going against them fell deeper in the mire. Over the last couple of seasons, Brighton have been transformed into a quality outfit; with relatively unknown players becoming household names. If there ever were a business model to copy, Victor Orta could have done a lot worse than to replicate what Tony Bloom at done at the Amex Stadium.

Leeds battled hard throughout the game, and made life difficult for their South Coast rivals,showing a well disciplined set up, and gritty resolve, but Brighton's superiority was plain to see. The visitors broke the deadlock on 33 minutes. Pascal Groß's deep cross was headed across goal by Mitoma, and there was Mac Allister, unmarked in the six yard box to open the scoring.

To their credit, Leeds didn't give up, and equalised five minutes before the half-time interval, when Bamford's effort cannoned in, off the woodwork, from the edge of the area, after good work from Harrison.

Brighton's retook the lead in the most bizarre of circumstances. Mac Allister released Mitoma down the left hand side by-line, before cutting the ball back, across the Whites penalty area. Mac Allister or March seemed destined to get on the end of it, but not if Harrison had anything to do about it. The Leeds No 11 nipped in front of March, before stabbing the ball into the back of his own net, much to the annoyance of the Elland Road faithful.

He made amends twelve minutes from time. Gnonto's short corner caught Brighton's defence napping. Harrison took full advantage, and bent a long range effort past the despairing dive of Seagulls shot stopper Jason Steele, sending a packed out Elland Road crowd into rapture.

	Line Up		Nat	Match Events
		Meslier, Illan Goalkeeper
		Ayling, Luke Defender
		Koch, Robin Defender
		Wober, Max Defender
		Firpo, Junior Defender
		Adams, Tyler Midfielder
		Roca, Marc Midfielder
		Summerville, Crysencio Midfielder
		Aaronson, Brenden Midfielder
		Harrison, Jack Midfielder
		Bamford, Patrick Forward
	Subs		Nat	Match Events
		McKennie, Weston Midfielder
		Gnonto, Wilfried Midfielder
		Moreno, Rodrigo Forward
		Rutter, Georginio Forward
		Sinisterra, Luis Midfielder
		Robles, Joel Goalkeeper		Unused Sub
		Struijk, Pascal Defender		Unused Sub
		Kristensen, Rasmus Defender		Unused Sub
		Greenwood, Sam Midfielder		Unused Sub

	References
	LEEDSTATS: Leeds United Season 2022/2023
	Sheridan Dictates: Season Statistics 2022-23
	Leeds United Programme Guide: Season 2022/23