But the Blues crumbled at the back, allowing Joe Gelhardt, just 81 seconds after coming off the bench, to draw Leeds level.
Probably the hosts' best opportunity in the opening period fell to Bruno Fernandes, who didn't hit his shot cleanly but still forced a low full-length save out of Guaita after Ronaldo had set up the chance with an elaborate header.
Team newsWest Ham are likely to still be without Aaron Cresswell for the visit of Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday.
While Saints were poor and never got going, Bruno Lage's side do not give very much away. It might be the kind of game where Burnley huff and puff, but Wolves just pick them off.
Their points tally, 86, is enough to canter over the finish line safe in the knowledge automatic promotion is guaranteed.
Sead Kolasinac has joined Marseille on an 18-month deal after his Arsenal contract was mutually terminated six months early.
We want to enjoy this as the players have been through an awful lot and risen to every challenge including today.
Again, it will depend on what happens with other players and that's not a conversation to have now. What has Saliba said?
Obviously it's quite a cute idea, in a child-spinning-a-globe sort of way. These islands! These ones here! But this being international football, there's politics at work. Last month, it was reported that any bid from these islands for the 2030 World Cup would fail, pincered between a joint Spain-Portugal bid and a South American centenary project. This, then, is the realistic alternative.
We've gone from a period of not scoring goals to scoring 14 goals in our last seven games and now we're creating a lot of chances in the games and the goals are spread throughout the team, so it's an exciting period of development and players getting better and the team evolving. Republic of Ireland squadGoalkeepers: Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool), Gavin Bazunu (Portsmouth, on loan from Manchester City), Mark Travers (Bournemouth).
They should be getting maximum points against that sort of opposition. It's very worrying times for Tottenham.
Torres will complete a medical at the Liga giants' training ground on Monday and, all being well, will officially be announced as a Barca player later in the day.
The visitors were first denied a penalty when McBurnie went down after he was held off by Tom Lees, while Huddersfield had a more credible appeal turned down after two defenders combined to bring down Danel Sinani in the area.
That formation had never played together, but Brazil scored their first goal after a run by Guimares' ended with an assist to Paquet, who easily put the ball in the back of the net.
Kabore has three years remaining on his City contract and, within the club, they believe he has the potential to succeed in the Premier League.
Burnell claimed he was pulled back by Tunisia's defending champion Oussama Mellouli and was so angry he had to be escorted away by security.
Tottenham have enquired about Fiorentina midfielder Sofyan Amrabat, while talks are ongoing with Wolves for Adama Traore.
Matt Clarke wasted a great chance to equalise when he headed straight at Cedric Kipre and then saw his follow-up shot blocked on the line by Matty Pearson.
County manager Malky Mackay brought on Jack Burroughs for David Cancola at the break before Hearts were forced into a change when Craig Halkett hobbled off, with Stephen Kingsley coming on.
“For me it's about getting back to basics, getting back to the training pitch, and working hard there. We play a lot of games through the year so there's not much time to recover and reflect.
The 38-year-old has refereed men's matches in the National League plus elite women's games including the 2017 FA Cup final.
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Bayern Munich's Thomas Mueller celebrated his 400th Bundesliga appearance with a goal and an assist as the champions crushed Wolfsburg 4-0 on Friday to go into the winter break with a nine-point lead at the top of the standings.
It once again highlights the impact of refeering calls this season in Serie A, and it will be a tough one to stomach for Milan as they eventually lost all three points right at the death.
The Dane's arrival in west London represents a coup for the Bees, who are confident he will show his quality again having been fitted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator following his cardiac arrest and passed all necessary medical checks prior to the move.
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They shipped 14 goals in their last three games against Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal and are five points above the relegation places.
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The Dragons remain in the Azerbaijani capital for their match with Turkey on June 16 before heading to Rome to play Italy four days later.
They've built a new stadium and can't get any fans in there at the moment - that will have hit Tottenham hard, I don't care what anybody says.
I accept we're not too good to lose football games. Today we lost it, that's not nice but I accept it.
There is now Cristiano Ronaldo, Raphael Varane and Jadon Sancho from this summer. David de Gea has recovered his confidence, Fernandes is hugely effective despite his occasional frustrations at the club. In Greenwood and Marcus Rashford, there are two exciting forwards to be developed. This is a collection of players who need to have their spirits reinvigorated, and their abilities improved by a tactically astute and motivating manager.
For the 3,000 Leeds supporters who made the trip down south last weekend, and for manager Marcelo Bielsa, his impressive display came as little surprise.
You can see that improvement on the pitch. That came after defeat at Middlesbrough in the FA Cup having hammered Leeds 4-0.
Across the striker's 17 starts, Tuchel has used 10 different combinations in Chelsea's forward line.
Like Lacazette, though, Nketiah's contract is up in the summer, with the striker seemingly intent on departing in search of more regular playing opportunities.
After six perfect spot-kicks, Luke Thomas' tame effort was kept out by Caoimhin Kelleher, but with the chance to send the Reds through Minamino blasted the hosts' fifth penalty against the bar.
