The Roofe is on fire as Kemar nicks win

WINGER Kemar Roofe scored his first goal for Leeds to earn them a morale-boosting win at Molineux.

The summer signing from Oxford pounced in the 71st minute to earn Garry Monk’s side only their second win in five games.

The Leeds boss said: “We are really competitive now.

“Overall our character shone through today and we got the deserved three points.”

The defeated Walter Zenga said: “There is a little frustration with the situation. I think the team created and played well and tried to do the positive things.”

Leeds had to get the three points the hard way after riding their luck in the opening period when Wolves were on top.

Zenga’s side created a hatful of chances but paid the price for not making that dominance count and have now collected a solitary point from the last 15 available.

Following a low-key opening to the game, the visitors suddenly found themselves under a spell of intense pressure.

A misplaced header by Eunan O’Kane after 18 minutes let in striker Nouha Dicko but he lobbed his shot over the bar from 12 yards while under pressure from Pontus Jansson.

Leeds were again thankful to the intervention of Jansson four minutes later when he blocked another shot from Dicko.

Monk’s side were struggling to keep the lively Joao Teixeira in check and they were relieved to see the on-loan Benfica winger curl his 24th-minute shot narrowly wide of Rob Green’s far post.

He then turned provider for Helder Costa, who saw his drive from 25 yards zip over.

Having not scored when they were dominating, Wolves were hit by a second-half sucker-punch.

Right-back Matt Doherty lost possession cheaply, Hadi Sacko pounced on the loose ball and rolled a cross into the path of Roofe, who had the simple task of stabbing the ball home from six yards.

Leeds should have made the game safe three minutes from time only for Chris Wood to lash over the bar.