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Leeds manager Kevin Blackwell felt his side had made it unnecessarily hard for themselves towards the end of their 1-0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor.
Gylfi Einarsson scored the decisive goal for Leeds, who had been dominant, after 65 minutes.
Despite Burnley's Frank Sinclair being sent off eight minutes later, the visitors almost threw the three points away.
Ian Moore had an 80th-minute penalty saved by Neil Sullivan after the striker had been fouled by Clarke Carlisle, while the hosts were aggrieved that a Paul Butler handball and a push on John McGreal - both in the area - went unpunished.
It all added up to an uneasy finish for Blackwell, who said: "It was three deserved points. I'm just slightly annoyed that we didn't finish the game off and, my word, we had some chances to finish the game off.
"If you don't finish teams off when you have the chance to do so it can also come back to bite you and that nearly happened.
"For 80 minutes we were a different class and the last 10 minutes was a little bit of backs to the wall.
"But Burnley haven't lost at home for a while and we knew they would keep going until the end and they certainly did that.
"We had three breakaways and should have finished them off. I thought we looked a good side and we looked rather accomplished at times."
Einarsson's goal - the Iceland international's first since joining from Norwegian club Lillestrom last month - was the first Burnley had conceded at home in seven matches since the beginning of November.
One of those games was the famous 1-0 win over Liverpool in the FA Cup, in which the Clarets were victorious thanks to Djimi Traore's own goal.
Blackwell added: "We talked about the game against Liverpool and if you take liberties in the 18-yard box like Liverpool did, you are going to get mugged.
"We took a liberty and we almost got mugged for it.
"We talked about where the penalty might go before the game and 'Sully' has remembered the instructions and made a great save.
"That might have been their first shot on target and that shows how dominant we were."
David Healy and Brian Deane were both guilty of passing up first-half chances, with the former also having a goal ruled out for offside after Aaron Lennon had found him with a cross.
However, Lennon was not to be denied, and midway through the second half the youngster skipped around Mo Camara to deliver the perfect cross for Einarsson to power his header past Brian Jensen at the far post.
With 17 minutes left, Sinclair, who had been booked in first-half injury-time for a foul on Healy, was shown a second yellow card for kicking out at Einarsson after the midfielder had caught him with a late challenge.
Leeds manager Kevin Blackwell felt his side had made it unnecessarily hard for themselves towards the end of their 1-0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor.
Gylfi Einarsson scored the decisive goal for Leeds, who had been dominant, after 65 minutes.
Despite Burnley's Frank Sinclair being sent off eight minutes later, the visitors almost threw the three points away.
Ian Moore had an 80th-minute penalty saved by Neil Sullivan after the striker had been fouled by Clarke Carlisle, while the hosts were aggrieved that a Paul Butler handball and a push on John McGreal - both in the area - went unpunished.
It all added up to an uneasy finish for Blackwell, who said: "It was three deserved points. I'm just slightly annoyed that we didn't finish the game off and, my word, we had some chances to finish the game off.
"If you don't finish teams off when you have the chance to do so it can also come back to bite you and that nearly happened.
"For 80 minutes we were a different class and the last 10 minutes was a little bit of backs to the wall.
"But Burnley haven't lost at home for a while and we knew they would keep going until the end and they certainly did that.
"We had three breakaways and should have finished them off. I thought we looked a good side and we looked rather accomplished at times."
Einarsson's goal - the Iceland international's first since joining from Norwegian club Lillestrom last month - was the first Burnley had conceded at home in seven matches since the beginning of November.
One of those games was the famous 1-0 win over Liverpool in the FA Cup, in which the Clarets were victorious thanks to Djimi Traore's own goal.
Blackwell added: "We talked about the game against Liverpool and if you take liberties in the 18-yard box like Liverpool did, you are going to get mugged.
"We took a liberty and we almost got mugged for it.
"We talked about where the penalty might go before the game and 'Sully' has remembered the instructions and made a great save.
"That might have been their first shot on target and that shows how dominant we were."
David Healy and Brian Deane were both guilty of passing up first-half chances, with the former also having a goal ruled out for offside after Aaron Lennon had found him with a cross.
However, Lennon was not to be denied, and midway through the second half the youngster skipped around Mo Camara to deliver the perfect cross for Einarsson to power his header past Brian Jensen at the far post.
With 17 minutes left, Sinclair, who had been booked in first-half injury-time for a foul on Healy, was shown a second yellow card for kicking out at Einarsson after the midfielder had caught him with a late challenge.
