Leeds took a huge stride towards the Premier League as goals from Patrick Bamford, Kalvin Phillips and Mateusz Klich helped to secure a 3-1 win at Blackburn.
The win moves the Championship leaders four points clear of second-placed West Brom, who will have the chance to haul back the deficit against struggling Hull on Sunday.
Bamford pounced on an error in the Rovers defence to put his side in front after seven minutes and Phillips doubled Leeds’ advantage with a brilliantly executed 40th-minute free-kick.
A goal from Adam Armstrong – his 14th of the season – dragged Rovers back into the game in the 48th minute but Klich made sure five minutes later when he struck a deflected effort from the edge of the box.
The left-back Barry Douglas stepped up to force an acrobatic low save from Walton with another free-kick in the second half as Leeds cruised to a victory that takes them ever closer to a return to the Premier League after 16 years outside the top flight.
A third successive defeat for Blackburn leaves them eight points adrift of the play-off places.
