Brentford 1-1 Leeds: Spoils shared at Griffin Park

Mustapha Carayol's second-half goal earned Leeds a 1-1 draw at Brentford in the Sky Bet Championship on Tuesday evening.

The on-loan winger scored the second goal of his spell with the club with six minutes to go, curling in from the edge of the box after Sam Saunders had put Brentford ahead after 28 minutes.

Brentford's approach play was a delight at times but they lacked the cutting edge to put Leeds to the sword and were made to pay for their profligacy.

The opening period saw the hosts mostly dominate the ball as the Leeds defence weathered the storm, but the game lacked few clear cut chances in blustery conditions.

Leeds were forced into an early change after Chris Wood went down 20 minutes into the game with a tight hamstring, with Mirco Antenucci coming on in his place.

Saunders' goal came around ten minutes later as the Leeds midfield allowed him through to get a decent sight of goal and he duly did the rest, firing home from 20 yards out.

Two minutes after the deadlock was broken Antenucci tested Bees keeper David Button with a 25-yard effort with Alan Judge firing inches over not long after as Brentford teased and probed but failed to create too many clear cut chances.

Leeds boss Steve Evans was furious midway through the half as Harlee Dean outmuscled Antenucci inside the box and the referee waved away the penalty shouts.

John Swift looked lively with the ball and caused the visitors' uncompromising back four problems in a first half played mainly between the two boxes.

After the break, Leeds came into it more and Button had to be at his best to thwart first Antenucci and then former Bee Stuart Dallas with a brave double save.

At the other end, Judge's dipping free-kick forced a similarly spectacular full length stop from Leeds keeper Marco Silvestri.

It was around the hour mark when Souleymane Doukara snatched possession from the Brentford midfield, and the striker's audacious lob from 20 yards had Button back-pedalling as it drifted just past the upright.

Judge again tested Silvestri with a free-kick as Brentford's precision passing football all too often ended with a loose ball.

The home side's lack of cutting edge came back to haunt them late on when sloppy defending handed Carayol space in the box and he made them pay with a clinical finish.

The winger might have pinched all three points late on but his 30-yard effort was palmed clear at full stretch by Button.

A point apiece was about the right result as Leeds stayed in the game despite falling short technically of their hosts.