Leeds United: Meslier, Koch, Cooper, Raphinha (Gelhardt 78), Llorente, Rodrigo, James, Struijk, Harr

Leeds United: Meslier, Koch, Cooper, Raphinha (Gelhardt 78), Llorente, Rodrigo, James, Struijk, Harrison (Firpo 37), Phillips, Bate (Klich 59).

Subs not used: Klaesson, Hjelde, Cresswell, Greenwood, Shackleton, Gray.

Leeds started with yet another experimental line up featuring a back four consisting entirely of centre backs.

It was a one sided game from the opening whistle and we spent the first 20 minutes under relentless pressure from Chelsea, who also scored an early goal. Dan James then got himself sent off for a crazy challenge on Mateo Kovacic, so we were down to 10 men for the second game in a row, and it means that yet another of our first team regulars will be unavailable for this season’s remaining games.

And then, as if to demonstrate that without bad luck we’d have no luck at all, Jack Harrison had to leave the field with an injury 10 minutes before half time and was replaced by Junio Firpo. We spent most of the rest of the game chasing shadows and when Chelsea doubled their lead in the 55th minute it was already game over.

But things continued to go from bad to worse for Leeds when Raphinha also went down injured and was replaced by Joe Gelhardt in the 78th minute. Chelsea scored their third goal a few minutes from the end.

Championship football next season now seems like a certainty….