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No goals, no penalty, no perfect 10. Leeds may have nudged themselves back into the automatic promotion places but this was not a night for celebration.

Frustrated from start to finish by a Sunderland team that worked themselves to a standstill, Leeds huffed and puffed but should have been given the opportunity to decide a contest that left their fans howling from 12 yards. Where was VAR when they needed it?

As it was, referee Tim Robinson failed to see a handball by Sunderland skipper Luke O’Nien in the 76th minute and, with that, Daniel Farke’s men were denied the possibility of extending their relentless winning run at home to a tenth match.

Stadiums don’t come more inspirational than Elland Road under the lights but, equally, stadiums don’t come with more demands than when a Leeds crowd is impatient and it was clear early on that Farke’s team were going to walk a fine line.

Had their early pressure paid off, this old place would have been shaking but, instead, all the short, sharp passes Leeds wanted to play ended up being blocked off by Sunderland’s hard-working and well-organised ensemble.