Leeds United\u2019s players were on form on and off the pitch on Easter Monday, settling old scores as they sealed promotion to the Premier League and aimed a few choice expletives at Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder in the process.<\/p>\n
Leeds<\/strong><\/a> toasted their return to the top flight with an evening of fireworks, drinks, and chants outside Elland Road that ran into the early hours of Tuesday morning. Among the celebratory chaos, one clip doing the rounds on social media shows two Leeds stars leading fans in a rendition of \u201cdu du du, Wilder is a w***er.\u201d<\/p>\n It capped a perfect day for Daniel Farke\u2019s side, who demolished Stoke City 6-0 earlier that afternoon<\/strong><\/a>. Joel Piroe stole the show with a first-half hat-trick, taking just six minutes to open the scoring after adjusting brilliantly to a low cross from Spurs loanee Manor Solomon. He added two more before the 20th minute to put the result beyond doubt before half-time.<\/p>\n There were also goal involvements for Jayden Bogle and Junior Firpo as Leeds went in 5-0 up at the break, with Willy Gnonto completing the rout in the second half. Defeat for Sheffield United in the late kick-off at Burnley officially confirmed Leeds\u2019 promotion \u2013 a poetic twist that wasn\u2019t lost on the fans, or the players.<\/p>\n It also marked the closing of a few long-standing wounds. One flashpoint that still lingers is the backlash to pundit Karen Carney\u2019s infamous comments following Leeds\u2019 2019 promotion under Marcelo Bielsa<\/strong><\/a>, when she suggested their success was down to the benefits of a COVID-enforced break.<\/p>\n \u201cI actually think they got promoted because of COVID,\u201d Carney said at the time. \u201cI don\u2019t know if they\u2019d have got up if they didn\u2019t have that break.\u201d<\/p>\n Leeds\u2019 social media account fired back with \u201cPromoted because of COVID. Won the league by 10 points\u201d, while then-owner Andrea Radrizzani labelled the comments \u201ccompletely unnecessary and disrespectful\u201d<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n MORE LEEDS NEWS ON F365\u2026 More recently, Wilder<\/strong><\/a> has emerged as a pantomime villain at Elland Road, thanks to his historic digs at Leeds fans and a string of tense run-ins over the years. The Sheffield United manager \u2013 a boyhood Blade \u2013 has long enjoyed a vocal rivalry with Leeds supporters, but this time the last laugh belonged to the Whites.<\/p>\n
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