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By Kyle Newbould Lessons learned from a gutsy performance as Leeds United booked their place in the FA Cup fourth round draw. Leeds United booked their place in the FA Cup fourth round draw with a come-from-behind 3-1 win at Derby County on Sunday. Goals from Willy Gnonto, Ao Tanaka and James Justin capped off a much-improved second-half performance from the Premier League outfit, whose quality shone through eventually. Ben Brereton Diaz opened the scoring for Derby just minutes after a missed Joel Piroe penalty but Leeds rallied well, showing an impressive combination of fight and quality to defeat their Championship hosts. Below are some of the YEP’s key lessons learned from the victory. Karl Darlow takes his chance A large part of the pre-game chat surrounded goalkeepers, more specifically whether Karl Darlow should replace Lucas Perri on a more permanent note following some recent mistakes by the latter. Farke has been hesitant to chop and change the position where stabil...

Derby 1-3 Leeds: Premier League side produce impressive second-half comeback — as Daniel Farke dares to dream of FA Cup glory By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Daniel Farke has not always been fully trusted by sections of the Leeds United fanbase but the scenes at the end of this comfortable win told a story. As the German's name was belted out with gusto by over 5,000 travelling supporters, Farke marched over to them, punched the air and thumped his chest. Eight points clear of the relegation places with 17 games remaining, belief grows that Leeds can aim higher than mere survival this season. Maybe, just maybe, they can have a serious crack at FA Cup glory too. At least that was the way Farke was talking after his much-changed side ultimately reached the fourth round at a canter. The 49-year-old is a dreamer and, having guided Leeds to promotion last season, sparking wild scenes during an open top bus parade around the city, he is aiming even higher. After second-half goals from ...

Farke saw his side come from behind to win at Derby. Mark Walker Leeds boss Daniel Farke said he wants to go “as far as possible” in this season’s FA Cup after his side’s comfortable 3-1 third-round win at Derby. Quickfire second-half goals from Willy Gnonto and Ao Tanaka turned the tie in Leeds’ favour after they had trailed at half-time to Beb Brereton Diaz’s opener for Derby. Brereton Diaz struck against the run of play soon after Leeds striker Joel Piroe had seen his penalty saved, while substitute James Justin rubberstamped the visitors’ progression with his first goal for the club in added time. Farke said: “I’m a big believer in cup competitions. I know some people see them as a distraction from the league, but I love cup competitions. “We want to try to come as far as possible in the FA Cup, otherwise we would have sent a different team out today. We wanted to travel with the strongest possible squad without taking any risks.” Farke made eight changes after his si...

By Graham Smyth The Leeds United boss saw his side come from behind to beat Derby County in the FA Cup. Leeds United's win at Derby County wasn't exactly magical but boss Daniel Farke says it could be the start of an FA Cup fairytale. The German went with a strong squad to face the Championship outfit at Pride Park and though they made heavy weather of the first half and went in a goal down, they ran out 3-1 winners after a dominant second half. Goals from Willy Gnonto, Ao Tanaka and James Justin took the tie away from the Rams and sent Leeds into the fourth round. "Very happy," said Farke. "Congratulations to my players for progressing against a Derby side who was competitive and showed a good performance. I was sure it was 50:50 today, of course you're the favourite but Derby have shown against top sides at Championship level that it's difficult to be successful here. We had to rotate a bit today, they had no midweek game. I think we needed 20 m...

By Kyle Newbould Leeds United progressed to the fourth round of the FA Cup with victory at Pride Park. Leeds United kicked off their 2025/26 FA Cup campaign with a come-from-behind 3-1 win at Derby County on Sunday. Second-half goals from Willy Gnonto, Ao Tanaka and James Justin booked the Whites a place in the fourth round draw after Ben Brereton Diaz opened the scoring for Derby. A much-rotated Leeds side struggled to get going but improved after the break and were deserving of their victory. Noah Okafor had the first decent opening of the game inside 10 minutes after Gnonto’s break down the right. His into the box was diverted to the Swiss international whose curled attempt from 20 yards flew over. Defender Craig Forsyth then had Derby’s first real chance, meeting a deep out-swinging free-kick between Jaka Bijol and Sebastiaan Bornauw but heading wide. Corey Blackett-Taylor then had an effort deflect into the hands of Karl Darlow as the home side improved. Leeds had a gr...

By Mark Carruthers Leeds United have now received planning permission to undertake a major redevelopment of Elland Road. Leeds United received a major boost on Thursday when Leeds City Council revealed they had granted planning permission for a significant redevelopment of Elland Road that will see the capacity at the Whites’ famous home increase to over 53,000. The proposals that were submitted earlier this year included the partial demolition and extension of the West Stand and outline planning permission for alterations to the North Stand. The proposal states that the West Stand is more advanced in its planning than the North and that when finished it will be similar in scale to the current East Stand, with a new capacity of 17,750. The North Stand will increase its capacity from 10,414 to 15,300. Described at the time of submission as a one in a lifetime opportunity to create a significant regeneration of Elland Road and the surrounding areas, the plans were officially give...