Joe Gelhardt bagged a brace as Leeds United won 5-3 in an entertaining eight-goal thriller against Tranmere Rovers in the EFL Trophy at Prenton Park.
Tranmere stormed into a two-goal lead inside 19 minutes courtesy of goals from Paul Lewis and Rhys Hughes. Sonny Perkins reduced the deficit with his 13th goal in nine games for club and country in the 26th minute.
Gelhardt scored twice in quick succession to propel Leeds into the lead just after the half-hour mark before Neil Byrne equalised for the hosts on the cusp of half-time.
Mateo Joseph scored his ninth goal of the campaign to restore the Whites’ advantage after the break and Cody Drameh doubled their lead on 64 minutes.
Sam Greenwood was dismissed after picking up a second yellow card but Leeds maintained their two-goal cushion to leapfrog Tranmere and climb into second in Group B.
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Wilfried Gnonto also played the majority of the game and was replaced by Charlie Allen in second half stoppage time.
Here is how Leeds fans reacted to the victory at Prenton Park.
@tommy_lufc Proper silly this, our U21s shouldn’t really be able to beat a decent League Two side. Didn’t even have any of our loanees, nor the mainstays like Summerville, Hjelde, Mullen or Gray. Just goes to show how far we’ve come.
@LUFC_Arizona The future is bright with these young attacking players. Be nice if we could defend as well mind you…
@mazehilluk Just imagine if they went all the way to Wembley. I think we’d take one or two.
@gesus1981 Some of our attacking play was very slick.
@RyanThomasMMA Wild game. Well done lads!
@GarryAnthonyTa1 Our future looks very bright!
@GeneralInterne3 Perkins is going to be a player, cheers West Ham!
