Morning Leeds-in for 11 February: A Leeds defender scored... for Harrogate Town

At least one Leeds defender scored a goal yesterday. Unfortunately, it was on-loan Liam Kitching who scored for Harrogate Town instead of anyone for the first team.

With the playoffs all but out of reach, Paul Heckingbottom should blood the young players and see if any of them can step up next season. Heck, I wouldn’t mind seeing if Ekuban can stay healthy enough to start up top in a 4-4-2, or if Paweł Cibicki is consistent enough to hold down a spot on the wing. And the club has signed about a dozen U23 players, let’s see if any of them can play.

On to the links.

Leeds United Links

Sheffield United beat Leeds in what was a rather poor performance in Paul Heckingbottom’s first match in charge. [Through It All Together]

Pete rated the players in the bad loss at Bramall Lane. [Through It All Together]

Watch Paul Heckingbottom’s post-match press conference. [Yorkshire Evening Post]

England and English Football Links

A round-up of what happened in the Premier League yesterday. [BBC.com]

Bristol City pissed away a three goal lead at home to Sunderland as the Black Cats snatched a point at Ashton Gate. [Roker Report]

Bolton Wanderers splashed some cold water on Fulham by drawing 1-1 at the Macron Stadium. [Lion of Vienna Suite]

World Football Links

AC Milan beat SPAL 4-0 as Patrick Cutrone scored twice after getting the starting nod from Milan manager Gennaro Gattuso. [AC Milan Offside]

Atlanta United beat Nashville SC in a friendly. Nashville will become an MLS team in a couple years, so this could be the start of a rivalry. [Dirty South Soccer]

Former LA Galaxy, Everton, Bayer Leverkusen and one-time United States captain Landon Donovan made his LigaMX debut for Club León last night after coming out of retirement. [FMF State of Mind]