WATCH Leeds striker Mirco Antenucci opens scoring against Burnley with stunner

“But never mind. Next time”. His cross found new signing Chris Wood, who made a bit of a mess of his first opportunity of the day. Only Burnley anticipated the quick reply which followed. Rosler’s celebration felt premature but his appreciation of his team’s contribution was not diminished. I suppose you could take positives from the cover they provided each other, but nervy moments in defence were a staple of last season and the one we most needed to fix.

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“There were two top teams, two fit teams and two very organised teams”, Rosler said.

There was still plenty of time remaining and five minutes were added on at the end. “We are still in the market for players, though we don’t have the money paid by some clubs”. “As I coach, I can’t be disappointed”.

New striker Wood had his best chance of a debut goal in the 66th minute when he got on the end of a nice header from Byram only to blaze over from the edge of the box. With a raw line-up and a crowd of nearly 28,000 in the foreground, Saturday’s result was produced in the style which he intended.

It could not even be said that Leeds had the benefit of a Burnley side low on morale after relegation from the Premier League in May.

“Burnley played to not let us play”.

For much of the first half, United asked more of Burnley.

Trailing inside the last 10 minutes sparked a reaction, and Vokes provided the necessary hunger and determination to pounce after Boyd got close to the byeline and pulled back for Darikwa.

However, had Burnley not fallen behind they might not have had joy at the other end. Dyche and the fourth official became closely acquainted.

Lukas Jutkiewicz appeared to be hauled down in the area by Charlie Taylor, before Giuseppe Bellusci clearly handled to stop Jutkiewicz going clear – Kevin Friend gave neither decision Burnley’s way, and Dyche mused: “Two penalties not given, welcome to the Championship, I’m surprised we didn’t have a penalty, to be honest, at least one”.

Burnley had a good spell round the half-hour with Michael Kightly flashing a shot just wide and Jelle Vossen bringing the first serious save out of home keeper Marco Silvestri with a near post flick.

Leeds could have been ahead, Byrom beat Mee with his pullback to Wood seeing his acrobatic fail to cause any trouble but this then fell to Dallas but somehow his effort was deflected up onto the bar with the help of Heaton?

“I have had so much to do I have not had time to think further than that, honestly, and what comes comes”. Rosler waited no time before sending on Antenucci from the bench.

Just before the hour mark Scott Arfield was booked for a foul on Leeds midfielder Lewis Cook and with nine minutes to go Kightly was booked for a poor challenge on Whites defender Gaetano Berardi.

Dallas, who impressed on his debut until getting exhausted in the second half, had another chance soon after, but could only put in a weak shot that was easily saved by Heaton.

Boyd went on a great run before laying the ball back for Darikwa. Bellusci stood flat-footed as Vokes stepped away from him and the forward’s headed finish was deadly.

Adeyemi, meanwhile, has arrived on loan for the season and is the direct replacement for the departed Rudy Austin, whose power play could be really missed in midfield. “I always had the feeling that they could come back”.

Heaton said: “It’s brilliant”. “They put us under a lot of pressure and it was a class goal they scored”.

“But, from our point of view, against a tough side like that, it was good to come back and get a point”. It was that type of verdict which Rosler wanted to hear. Subs not used: Ross Turnbull, Liam Cooper, Lee Erwin, Kalvin Phillips.