LEEDS UNITED 2 BARTLEY (36), HERNANDEZ (54) BARNSLEY 1 TAYLOR (70) OG

LEEDS held off a late Barnsley fightback to make it four home wins in a row with victory in a pulsating Yorkshire derby.

Centre- back Kyle Bartley gave Leeds a first- half lead which was doubled by Pablo Hernandez just after the break.

Charlie Taylor’s own goal gave Barnsley hope, but Leeds held on to move level on points with their rivals in the Championship table.

The game came at the end of a week in which both clubs were implicated in the Daily Telegraph’s investigations into football corruption. Barnsley sacked assistant head coach Tommy Wright after it was alleged he took a payment from undercover reporters posing as football agents, while Leeds described allegations against owner Massimo Cellino as a “non-story”. Both men deny any wrongdoing.

Leeds held a minute’s applause ahead of kick- off following the death of Duncan Revie, the son of former manager Don, and the hosts enjoyed a bright start in front of a crowd of 27,350. But Barnsley boss Paul Heckingbottom had named an attacking side and they underlined their threat on the break when they countered at pace from Hernandez’s poor corner before Adam Hammill forced Rob Green into a save.

But the home fans were brought to their feet after 36 minutes when Bartley volleyed home Hernandez’s corner from close range.

Leeds continued to probe after the break and went close through Hernandez, whose shot from the edge of the box went just wide.

United struck again in the 54th minute as Hernandez sprung the offside trap to coolly finish.

Barnsley had a lifeline with 20 minutes to go when Taylor turned Cole Kpekawa’s low cross into his own net.