Leeds United fans have reacted with a mixture of joy and relief as a strong under-23 side scraped past Millwall on Monday.

It is a win that follows on from their impressive 2-0 win away to Wigan Athletic in the league, ensuring their status as league leaders remained intact, but many members of the first-team were out on the pitch again on Monday.

Jack Clarke, Eddie Nketiah, Gjanni Alioski, Helder Costa and deadline day goalkeeping recruit Illan Meslier all starting as Carlos Corberan's side kicked-off their new campaign.

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It was under-23 regular who gave them the lead, however, in the form of Pascal Struijk before Nketiah doubled the lead in the second-half.

However, two quickfire goals from the Lions levelled the scores again and it looked like the beefed-up reserves were on for a disappointing result.

That is until Mateusz Bogusz hit a free-kick, which took a wicked deflection before nestling in the net.

Ans here is what the fans had to say...