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Wilfried Gnonto and Patrick Bamford double up as Leeds overwhelm Cardiff

18-Jan-2023 21:49:46 | The Guardian

As the thermometer plunged below freezing, Jesse Marsch wore the look of a man revelling in the restorative warmth of a long awaited summer sun. West Yorkshire may be in the midst of a bleak and bitter mid-winter but on a night when the outrageously gifted Wilfried Gnonto and a reassuringly sharp Patrick Bamford both scored twice, the Leeds manager’s hitherto fragile job security suddenly seemed infinitely more secure.

Admittedly it was merely an FA Cup third-round replay against second tier opponents but, in tearing Cardiff apart, Gnonto and Bamford hinted at brighter days ahead for a Leeds side who travel to either Accrington Stanley or Boreham Wood in the fourth round.