There have been times in his reign at Elland Road when the accusation has been that Daniel Farke leaves it too late to make his changes. Call it a lack of proactiveness, perhaps, but there are days when the patient approach pays off. After the impasse came an instant impact. After the long wait came the speediest goal by a substitute in the Premier League all season.

Leeds ’ goal drought was ticking up towards the five-hour mark; with an international break coming up, they were set to go a month without finding the net, and all their manager had done was to swap his left-backs at half-time, and even then only because Gabriel Gudmundsson had a hamstring problem.

After 77 minutes, Farke belatedly summoned Harry Wilson and Noah Okafor. Some 97 seconds later, they combined to clinical effect.…