Billy Munday 

Derby 1-3 Leeds United: FA Cup third round – as it happened

Leeds progressed to the fourth round of the FA Cup after coming from behind to beat Derby at Pride Park
  
  

Ao Tanaka makes it 2-1 to Leeds after two quick goals in the second half.
Ao Tanaka makes it 2-1 to Leeds after two quick goals in the second half. Photograph: Marc Atkins/Getty Images

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“I’m happy with my performance,” smiles Wilfried Gnonto, who is asked in his TV interview about his tough battle with Craig Forsyth out wide. “It was a good reminder of what the Championship can be,” he says. “We had to dig in.”

Daniel Farke orchestrates the post-match celebrations in the away end, who respond by signing his name. He’s a popular figure right now, that’s for sure.

FULL TIME: Derby 1-3 Leeds

Leeds are in the hat for round four. They trailed at half-time after Joel Piroe missed a penalty and Ben Brereton Diaz put Derby ahead moments later. But quality told in the second half as Wilfried Gnonto’s blast drew Leeds level and Ao Tanaka was in the right place at the right time to put them in front. James Justin scored their third with almost the final touch of the game to end Derby’s challenge.

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GOAL! Derby 1-3 Leeds (Justin 90+3)

That’ll do it for Leeds! Derby throw bodies forward but are caught on the break. Nmecha heads down the left and Justin applies the finishing touch to his low cross by slotting past Zetterstrom.

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90+2 min: Harrison resists the urge to shoot and goes short with the free-kick. Derby win it back and Harrison brings down Eames on the break and gets a yellow.

90 min: Stach wins a free-kick on the edge of the Derby box after Adams nudges him over. Four minutes added on. Derby look spent.

89 min: Daniel Farke runs down the clock with a couple of changes as Piroe and Okafor are replaced by Aaronson and Stach.

88 min: Ward’s disappointing free-kick is straight at Darlow. Derby come again through Eames but Byram’s challenge bounces the ball back off the youngster and Leeds have a goal-kick.

87 min: Derby win a free-kick in the Leeds half after some strong hold-up play by Agyemang, who gets a foul off Bijol. A chance to stick the ball in the box.

86 min: Gnonto’s number is up and the goalscorer makes way for Byram. His equaliser was crucial in helping to turn the tide of this one.

85 min: Harrison should do better after a massive hole opened up in front of the Derby penalty area. He tries to slip the ball into Piroe but might have done better shooting himself. Leeds win a free-kick in the Derby half after Nmecha is bumped over by Batth.

84 min: Gnonto feeds a pass in behind for Nmecha to chase into the Derby area but his ball across goal is cleared. Really not a lot is happening.

82 min: Derby put some more pressure on the makeshift Leeds defence of Justin, Bijol, Ampadu and Harrison but no clear-cut chances arise. There’s still something in this for them.

79 min: Derby get up the field for the first time in what feels like ages. Forsyth underhits his free-kick into the box and Leeds punt it clear. Bit of a waste.

77 min: Okafor twists and turns Ward this way and that before his low cross is cleared by Derby. Leeds continue to press for a third.

75 min: Leeds go close! Harrison crosses for Nmecha, whose header from the penalty spot is batted away by Zetterstrom. Good reactions from the Derby goalkeeper.

73 min: Subs for both teams. Longstaff replaces Gruev for Leeds. Salvesen and Clark are replaced by Agyemang and Eames, who makes his debut aged 19, for Derby.

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71 min: Leeds look in the mood now. Ampadu and Nmecha exchange passes in midfield before Piroe tries to make room on his left foot. Derby are still in this but might not be for too much longer.

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68 min: Marcelo Bielsa’s name rings around Pride Park. The Leeds fans are feeling a lot more comfortable now. Derby have hardly threatened since the break.

66 min: Batth is back on with a fresh shirt – no name, no number. Leeds enjoy some possession in the Derby half.

64 min: Batth is receiving treatment after his header from that corner bloodied his nose. He’s getting some nose plugs.

63 min: Batth heads Ward’s corner wide at the back post. Derby make two changes: Ozoh and Brewster on for Blackett-Taylor and Travis.

61 min: Ward forces a corner off Harrison as Derby try to get a foothold in the game, or at least stem the flow. Ward’s corner is headed out for another.

GOAL! Derby 1-2 Leeds (Tanaka 59)

Leeds have turned it around! Okafor lays a ball back for Piroe to strike on the edge of the box. Zetterstrom gets down low to keep the effort out but Tanaka is there to follow up from close range.

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58 min: A Ward corner for Derby is drilled away from goal and Salvesen can only flick it beyond the far post.

Gnonto’s first goal of the season, that. Piroe’s dummy was lovely. Can Derby weather the storm?

GOAL! Derby 1-1 Leeds (Gnonto 55)

Leeds are level! Bijol strides into space on to the edge of the box. Piroe dummies the pass into the area and Gnonto powers his strike high into the net.

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55 min: Forsyth somehow escapes a yellow after grabbing Gnonto back when he’d found space in behind the left-back to run into. Leeds send the free-kick into the box but Derby clear.

53 min: Piroe and Okafor both have a go, the first shot is blocked and the second is sliced high and wide. Leeds need to find their shooting boots.

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51 min: Piroe tries his luck from distance after a quick one-two with Gnonto but his shot is deflected wide for a corner. Harrison’s delivery to the near post comes straight back out to him and the offside flag goes up.

49 min: Forsyth goes in on Gnonto and leaves him on the deck, wisely backing away from the situation before Anthony Taylor can give him a yellow card. A final warning, perhaps.

47 min: Leeds get the first corner of the second half and Harrison’s delivery evades everyone. Bijol was closest to getting his head to it.

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SECOND HALF STARTS

We are back under way. Derby have replaced Fraulo with Adams at the break. Leeds have brought on Justin for Bornauw.

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Tim wrote in earlier: “The first game I ever went to was Derby v Leeds at the Baseball Ground. I was about 5 so would have been 1970. My friend’s Dad, who took us, was a massive Derby fan who ended up running off with a speech therapist. I doubt this had anything to do with his support of Derby but I couldn’t really trust them after that and have been a Leeds fans ever since. Hope we win today but priority has to be avoiding relegation, which thankfully we’re on our way to doing.”

HALF-TIME: Derby 1-0 Leeds

Derby lead at the break! Ben Brereton Diaz caught Leeds cold moments after Jacob Widell Zetterstrom had saved Joel Piroe’s penalty. Piroe has also struck the post for the visitors, who have had plenty of chances but look vulnerable at the back.

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45 min: Gnonto tries to find Tanaka in the box but his pass is overhit. One minute added.

44 min: Zetterstrom saves! Okafor tees the ball back for Piroe, who shifts it on to his left and hits a shot that deflects off Fraulo. Zetterstrom is there to parry the ball away at his near post. Okafor’s follow-up is saved too but he was offside.

43 min: Gnonto keeps Zetterstrom on his toes with a fizzing shot from distance that the Derby keeper pats down in front of him.

42 min: Forsyth chucks a long throw into the box for Derby, Batth wins the flick-on but Darlow gathers. Big cheers as Piroe’s crossfield ball flies over Okafor’s head and out for a throw.

40 min: Buoyed by their goal, Derby are crunching into a few tackles higher up the pitch. They sense they can get more joy against this very attack-minded Leeds team. Okafor sends a teasing ball into the Derby cross but Bornauw can’t get on the end of it and it drifts wide of the far post.

38 min: Having hit the post, had a penalty saved and now fallen behind, Leeds try to wrestle the game back in their favour. Tanaka hits a low drive from the edge of the box but it’s just wide of the near post.

GOAL! Derby 1-0 Leeds (Brereton Diaz 35)

What a couple of minutes! After the penalty save, Derby head down the other end. Blackett-Taylor goes down under Gnonto’s challenge in the box and there are shouts for a penalty. Before the referee makes a decision, the ball springs loose to Brereton Diaz and he hits a low shot across Darlow and into the far corner!

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PENALTY SAVED!

Zetterstrom redeems himself! Piroe goes low and left – a perfect height for the Derby keeper and gets his right hand to it!

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PENALTY TO LEEDS

Piroe and Nmecha combine on the edge of the Derby box, Nmecha beats Zetterstrom to the ball and goes down. There’s contact but Nmecha knew what he was doing. Piroe will take …

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31 min: Zetterstrom saves! Okafor cuts inside on his right and hits a bobbling low shot that the Derby keeper parries away. Gruev tries his luck from the edge of the box but Zetterstrom gathers that.

30 min: Leeds hit the post! Tanaka plays Nmecha through but Batth gets across to make the tackle. Piroe runs on to the loose ball and smashes it off the near post!

28 min: Leeds work the ball over to the right and Gnonto is knocked over by Travis, the Derby captain making his first start since October after injury. Harrison cuts across the delivery from the free-kick and it’s easy for Derby to clear.

26 min: Nmecha shows some quick feet on the edge of the Derby box, opens his body up and curls a shot over the bar. Looked great … until the finish.

24 min: Blackett-Taylor is looking dangerous for Derby. He tries his luck again, a bit closer in this time, and his shot is blocked before it can trouble Darlow.

23 min: Salvesen is getting through a fair bit of work up front for Derby. He tries to win a corner off Bijol by the flag but the Leeds defender manages to clear. Nmecha then slips during a promising breakaway.

21 min: Clark shows a flash of quality, nutmegging Tanaka out wide before getting bumped to the floor a bit further infield. Forsyth sends the free-kick to the back post and Batth heads wide. A decent chance.

19 min: Debutant Fraulo goes into the book for Derby after a foul in midfield. He bashes the ball into the ground in frustration and that’s what gets him the yellow.

17 min: It’s been a bit flat so far. A midday kick-off has certainly not contributed to creating an atmosphere. There’s a bit of home excitement as a ball is played over the top to Brereton Diaz but his volley is neither shot nor pass and Darlow gathers.

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15 min: Ward’s corner goes over everyone and drifts out for a goal-kick.

14 min: Blackett-Taylor is getting some joy down Derby’s left. He has a shot across goal that is blocked by Bornauw out for a corner.

“I’m a little disappointed you didn’t make an Ao, let’s go Ramones joke at kick off,” writes Phil. “Or maybe I’m just a sad old man making dad jokes...."

Gah, what an opportunity.

11 min: Nmecha drives down the Leeds right. A stepover or two later and he forces a corner off Batth. Harrison’s whipped delivery is headed away by Langas.

9 min: Gnonto should do better. The Italian chases a long ball down-field but his pass to Nmecha is behind the target. Okafor follows up but his shot is high and wide.

8 min: Tanaka bumps into Brereton Diaz in midfield and is penalised. The Leeds man falls awkwardly on his hand and gives it a little shake to demonstrate this but he’s all right.

6 min: “No Piroe, no party” the travelling supporters chant, reviving a regular tune from last season. He’s playing in a deeper role behind Okafor and Nmecha, with Gnonto at right wing-back and Harrison on the left. Blackett-Taylor forces a corner for Derby but Leeds deal with Ward’s delivery.

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4 min: Leeds come again down the left and Okafor’s cross is blocked out for a corner by Ward. Tanaka takes but Ward heads away at the near post.

2 min: Leeds’ first foray into the Derby box comes up short as Langas comes across and clears his lines.

KICK-OFF

Ao Tanaka gets the ball rolling for Leeds, who are in blue.

The teams are heading out at Pride Park. Robbie Savage, working as a pundit pitchside, has been doing some keepy-uppies with a ball boy. Anthony Taylor is in charge for this one. The scene is set: kick-off is next.

Oscar Fraulo makes his debut for Derby this lunchtime having signed on a deal until 2029 from Borussia Mönchengladbach last week. The midfielder played for Denmark at the Under-21 Euros last summer and scored his first Bundesliga goal in November.

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Karl Darlow gets the nod in goal for Leeds today but there is still no place for Illan Meslier in the matchday squad – he’s not been involved on the bench since November.

Leeds’ first-choice keeper, Lucas Perri, came under fire in midweek for his performance against Newcastle, particularly for his failure to keep out Harvey Barnes’s late winner. Daniel Farke didn’t exactly rush to Perri’s defence at full time:

I can’t lie, I can’t say how he was man of the match and there were unbelievable saves. Of course, you need also sometimes in a crucial moment a proper save from your goalkeeper. Of course, today it was definitely a situation where you should save the ball. I can’t lie and pretend any other, that it would be a different scenario because otherwise you wouldn’t believe me any more. I name it how I see it and at this moment, certainly I can’t protect him from the criticism that he should have saved it.

Form guide

Derby’s last six: WDDLWL
Position: 13th in Championship
Top scorer: Carlton Morris (10 goals)

Derby are still without Carlton Morris, who hasn’t played since November because of a knee injury.

Leeds’ last six: DWDDDL
Position: 16th in Premier League
Top scorer: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (9 goals)

Dominic Calvert-Lewin starts this one on the bench for Leeds. Their starting strikers – Joel Piroe and Lukas Nmecha – have four goals between them this season.

Championship playoffs 2019: Definitely the most memorable meeting in recent history between these two was the second leg of the playoff semi-finals at Elland Road in 2019. After Frank Lampard had taken Marcelo Bielsa to task on spying on opposing teams, his Derby produced an extraordinary turnaround to book their place in the final at Wembley. Cue the celebrations and those chants.

I’ve had a guess at a Leeds formation but they’ve got so many attacking players in their team that we’ll have to wait until kick-off to be sure.

There are two attack-minded wingers (Gnonto and Harrison) and another three forwards (Okafor, Nmecha and Piroe), with no recognised full-backs in the XI.

Starting lineups

The teams are in from Pride Park:

Derby (4-4-1-1): Zetterström; Ward, Langås, Batth, Forsyth; Brereton Díaz, Travis, Fraulo, Blackett-Taylor; Clark; Salvesen
Subs: O’Donnell, Agyemang, Brewster, Weimann, Ozoh, Elder, Adams, Nelson, Eames.

Leeds (3-4-3): Darlow; Bornauw, Bijol, Ampadu; Gnonto, Gruev, Tanaka, Harrison; Okafor, Piroe, Nmecha.
Subs: Perri, Byram, Justin, Struijk, Longstaff, Stach, Aaronson, Chambers, Calvert-Lewin.

Preamble

As the defender Callum Elder described it this week, Derby v Leeds is “an amazing fixture”. Stuffed full of history and storylines, from the scraps of the 70s to the spy plots of Bielsa and Lampard, it is a game that never lacks a bit of needle. The rivalry renews in the FA Cup this lunchtime as John Eustace’s Championship side take on Daniel Farke’s Premier League team at Pride Park, where Elder expects a “fierce atmosphere”.

Derby haven’t beaten Leeds since those infamous 2019 Championship playoffs and will look to do so today in this midday kick-off. A spot in the fourth round is at stake.

You can get in touch with me with your thoughts on today’s game, or memories of previous meetings, via this email. Team news is coming up shortly.

 

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