Jadon Sancho’s equaliser was a sweet moment for a player returning from physical and mental wellbeing problems. When he crashed in on 70 minutes the sound from Manchester United’s delirious fans was matched by the dazzling grin from Erik ten Hag: the manager hailed the goal but he also loved the identity of the scorer.
Sancho, making only a second appearance since October, entered as a substitute into a rip-roaring contest in which Leeds had taken a 2-0 lead before United’s fightback. Headers from Raphaël Varane and Bruno Fernandes and a late Rashford stabbed effort might have claimed victory yet Leeds deserved a draw for a display that drew chants of “Yorkshire, Yorkshire” and “marching on together” from supporters proud from the first whistle to the last.
