Leeds’ automatic promotion hopes hit after goalless draw against Sunderland

Crysencio Summerville (left) was Leeds’ biggest goal threat against Sunderland. Photograph: Richard Sellers/PA

The weight of expectation, or the malaise of a side whose flame is threatening to flicker out? Only in the fullness of time will we know the answer to that question but whatever the reason, right now, Leeds are threatening to spontaneously combust at precisely the wrong time.

This fairly timid goalless draw may not prove as fatal as it ­undoubtedly felt when around 30,000 people ­audibly groaned collectively at full‑time here. Leicester’s surprise defeat at Millwall on Tuesday evening shows nothing is truly over in this remarkable three-way race for automatic promotion until it is over.