Leeds angry at offside errors but back on top as James strike sinks Middlesbrough

A night when visiting fans lamented the absence of the video assistant referee system was infinitely more uncomfortable for Leeds than it should have been but still ended with Daniel Farke’s team top of the Championship.Farke was furious to see two “goals”, the first from Ao Tanaka and then from Patrick Bamford, disallowed for imaginary offsides but his players somehow resisted a late attacking blitz from playoff-chasing Middlesbrough to move ahead of Burnley on goal difference.Birmingham promoted after May and Gardner-Hickman seal win at PeterboroughRead moreThanks to a second-minute winner from the impressive Dan James, Leeds are two points clear of third-placed Sheffield United in an almost unbearably tense automatic promotion race.If Farke’s post-match relief was palpable, the same went for his frustration with the assistant referee Darren Williams, whom he claimed had chalked off three obviously legitimate Leeds goals in the past eight weeks. “I’m normally on the side of the refer...