Leeds and Burnley held at home while Windass hits Wednesday wonder goal
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Danny Batth’s last-minute equaliser clinched Blackburn a 1-1 draw at Elland Road and denied Leeds a 10th straight home win. Pascal Struijk’s late penalty appeared to have snatched Leeds all three points in their push to extend their lead at the top of the Championship before Batth struck. Leeds poured forward in pursuit of a winner during 10 minutes of added time but John Eustace’s playoff-chasing visitors held firm for a deserved point. Daniel Farke’s side had taken maximum points from their previous three festive fixtures, but they failed to spark against Rovers.
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Ryan Shawcross’s interim spell as Stoke manager ended with a creditable goalless draw at Burnley that dented the hosts’ automatic promotion push. The Potters announced the appointment of Mark Robins as their new manager on the morning of the game, although he was absent as he scouted and prepared for his first game in charge – at home to Plymouth Argyle on Saturday.
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An unproductive afternoon for Scott Parker’s Clarets ended in even more frustration when the substitute Hannibal Mejbri was shown a straight red card in the 86th minute. He was tackled by Junior Tchamadeu and was adjudged by the referee, Gavin Ward, to have deliberately stamped on the Stoke right-back while hurdling him. The visitors’ recent improvement continued as they followed a home win over Sunderland by holding Burnley to a seventh goalless draw of the season.
Bottom side Plymouth grabbed a last-gasp equaliser to claim a 2-2 draw with Bristol City in their first match since the New Year’s Eve departure of Wayne Rooney as manager. The Pilgrims twice trailed at Home Park to goals from Anis Mehmeti and Jason Knight but hit back, first through Rami Al Hajj, then with an acrobatic effort from the defender Julio Pleguezuelo in stoppage time.
