We seemed to be heading for a draw as Leeds spurned some very good chances in the second half, but then Nmecha clinched it in injury time. All the sweeter after the very late goal that denied us a point at Fulham in September.

The proceedings did of course begin with a tribute to the now sadly departed Terry Yorath, who graced the end of the Revie era with his combative midfield play. He would no doubt have been proud of the spirit we showed during the ninety minutes that followed, the constant running and harrying of the Fulham players, while never giving up in the chase for all for all three points.

Daniel Farke had a couple of injuries to contend with, as Bijol and Stach were ruled out late in the week. Justin was moved to the right of a back three while Bogle returned from his own spell out injured, which might leave Bornauw wondering when he’ll get a start, but with the quality of Justin’s recent performances he’s going to be very difficult to leave out.

One other change from the last league game saw Darlow in goal rather than Perri, with the latter ‘taken out of the limelight' for the time being. New signing Buonanotte got no further than being an unused substitute, apparently needing to build up his fitness after his lack of game time at Stamford Bridge.

The first half was evenly matched, with plenty of effort from Aaronson in particular as he chased down every ball, but in all honesty rather low in quality. Or as one Fulham fan put it on one of their forums “It was like watching two disabled raccoons fighting over a rotting apple. A terrible advert for the league”.

A couple of chances fell to Okafor early on, but he put one shot straight into the arms of Leno and another one well over the bar. At the other end Jiménez put a header wide, and otherwise the Mexican striker was to have a very quiet game. Our best chance of the half fell to Aaronson, whose attempt to chip the advancing Leno was the right idea, but he put way too much on it and sent the ball into the south stand.

The atmosphere was rather subdued, and from my seat opposite the away end the Fulham fans were too noisy for my liking, though I did appreciate their “Stamford Bridge is falling down” song. Shortly before the break Ampadu added to his collection of bizarre bookings, for ‘throwing the ball away’ when he thought the ref had blown for a foul in our half after initially playing advantage, but in fact the free kick was in Fulham’s half for offside.

Which left me feeling a bit nervous each time our captain went in for a tackle in the second half, but thankfully he timed each one and avoided an unlucky dismissal. What did happen after the interval was that we stepped up a gear and began to dominate, though it took a while to kill off our stubborn visitors.

Calvert-Lewin tried a clever near post flick but sent it wide after failing to get a firm enough touch. The Gudmunsson chose the wrong option after charging down the wing, firing into the side netting with Calvert-Lewin well placed in the middle. Fulham had come into this game unbeaten in their last six league games, but we were starting to make them look ordinary, and they started to get a bit cynical in their desperation to hang onto a point.

I did think the booing of Wilson was a bit harsh, as he had been keen to come to Leeds in August, and it was his club who blocked the move. But there was no excuse for his blatant chopping down of Gudmundsson as our full-back raced ahead of him in a very promising Leeds break, but the foul didn’t quite meet the threshold needed for a red card.

Leno was taking his time with every goal kick and Marco Silva started to make defensive substitutions to settle for the point. But Farke did the exact opposite, sensing that the game was there for the taking. The first sub was Gnonto for Okafor, who had got into good positions without delivering much of an end product.

We had an anxious moment when Darlow came well out of his goal without getting much distance on a header, but thankfully Smith Rowe was some way wide with his attempt to chip the ball into an empty net. Apart from that the second half was all Leeds, and for the final ten minutes we sent on Nmecha and Tanaka for Gruev and Bogle, in our efforts to boost the front line.

Justin did well to work himself into position for a shot but sent it straight at Leno, as did Calvert-Lewin from outside the box. Stuijk should have done better than head well over from a corner, and from another set piece Nmecha tried a flick on at the near post, but that landed on the roof of the net.

As time began to run out Jiménez took ages to get off the field when he was substituted, but he would have been regretting that just a few minutes later when Fulham suddenly found themselves in a hurry! Four minutes injury time were announced, and after two of them Leeds finally got the breakthrough.

We almost lost the ball a couple of times as Fulham tried to play out, but had the tenacity to keep winning it back. Eventually we got it out to Ampadu on the right, and Nmecha got in front of a defender to meet his excellent cross, and sent the ball past Leno into the corner of the net. Causing ‘limbs’ even in the upper East Stand, as a group of gentlemen to my right fell over each other in the joy of the moment.

Finally we had the luxury of a defensive substitution of our own, as Bornauw came on to bolster the defence while Aaronson took a well deserved break. But it was Leeds who came closest to scoring in the time that remained, with Nmecha denied a second goal by a smart Leno save as we broke downfield.

That would have sealed the win, but in the end a second goal wasn't needed as we played out the remaining time with no great alarms. The three points proved to be essential to maintain our margin over the bottom three after West Ham’s win at Spurs, but at least that result brings us to within two points of Tottenham as they drop down the table.

With Crystal Palace also in freefall we can be reasonably confident of climbing a few more places by the end of the season, as our forward line is now firing to earn the results that our overall play deserves. There is no way we’re going down with a team spirit like this.

Reuters