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By Heck, that’ll do for Whites

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The LeaguePaper Team
22 April 2018

By John McDougall

STAR MAN EZGJAN ALIOSKI Leeds

HEAR ME ROAR: Tom Pearce, centre, celebrates scoring his first Leeds goal against Barnsley
PICTURES: Action Images

PAUL Heckingbottom tasted victory over former club Barnsley as Leeds came out on top in a Yorkshire derby.
Tom Pearce’s opener for the Whites was cancelled out by Paudie O’Connor’s own goal before Ezgjan Alioski’s seventh of the season proved decisive.
And Leeds assistant head coach Jamie Clapham – who moved to Elland Road from Oakwell in February with Heckingbottom – felt that their...

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