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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Aaron Bower at Elland Road

Calvert-Lewin pounces late for Leeds to hit Brighton’s European ambitions

Dominic Calvert-Lewin scores a late winner.
Lewis Dunk cannot get back in time to stop Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s late winner. Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters

Quite how significant these dramatic final few moments inside Elland Road prove to be for Brighton’s season will only truly be realised next weekend. But as Fabian Hürzeler bowed his head when Dominic Calvert-Lewin sent Leeds’ supporters into raptures again, you suspected he knew just how much of a missed opportunity this could prove to be.

Victories here are not easy these days. This is not the same Leeds who were mired in relegation trouble for most of this season; they are sixth and above Brighton in a Premier League table of fixtures played since the start of December, underlining the wonderful job Daniel Farke has done in the second half of their first year back in the top flight.

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