THE ghost of Christmas past? Regulars at Elland Road are certainly starting to tremble after a dip in form that is beginning to feel eerily familiar.
This time last year, Leeds were about to embark on a wretched run of results that would culminate in Marcelo Bielsa’s side becoming the first team in a decade to remain in the Championship having perched atop its summit on Boxing Day.
The scars of that collapse run deep at Elland Road, inevitably magnifying the significance of errant performances such as this.

But while the Whites are three points worse of...