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Kiko Casilla errors again but Leeds battle back to earn draw at Brentford

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For any copyright, please send me a message.   Calamity keeper Kiko Casilla added another howler to his blooper highlights reel – but Leeds were spared more capital punishment.   Blundering Casillas gifted Brentford's opener to Said Benrahma with a comical slip-up, but he was bailed out by skipper Liam Cooper's equaliser.  And as manager Marcelo Bielsa perched on his blue-bucket throne at Griffin Park, he forgave Casilla's latest blunder.  Bielsa said: “He doesn't need any words from me: He knows I will always support him with my decisions.  “And I know the human quality of Leeds players. He will receive support from his team-mates and take confidence from them.”  Leeds dominated possession and Bees boss Thomas Frank's pre-match claim they would “fear” Brentford cut little ice with Bielsa, who scoffed: “Maybe he thought that would be our attitude. Read More Related Articles West Brom, Leeds, Fulham... which teams will be promoted to the Premier League? Read More Related Articles Time for Marcelo Bielsa to live up to hype as Leeds boss fights to avoid another promotion meltdown  “But we always took risks, our full-backs attacked all the time and that means the opposite of playing with fear here.  “Even though they have three very good forwards, it means we wanted to win the match and we were prepared to take risks to do it.”  Leeds' record in London is worse than the Northern Line – eight defeats and two draws in their last 10 visits.  And after four defeats in their previous five games, partisan refrains of 'Leeds, Leeds are falling apart again' are breaking out in enemy heartlands to the tune of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart.  But don't fall into the trap of judging Bielsa on a horrid sequence of results or a goalkeeper who locates every passing banana skin with alarming regularity.  Form is temporary, class is permanent – and Leeds still knock the ball about with the decadence of a reclining seat in first class where most of the Championship is stuck in economy.  But they can ill-afford Edward Scissorhands in goal, or Steven Gerrard tribute acts slipping over in their own box in key promotion battles.  Apart from Christian Norgaard whipping a 20-yard shot just wide, Leeds had been comfortable for 25 minutes until Casilla's latest howler.  There was no immediate danger – none whatsoever – when Cooper rolled a routine backpass along the six-yard area, only for Casilla to make an almighty hash of it, and Benrahma mopped up for his ninth goal of the season.  It was the Spanish Frank Spencer's fourth clear mistake leading directly to a goal in two months. How many more can Bielsa take? Read More Mirror Football's Top Stories  To their eternal credit, Leeds summoned a vibrant response, David Raya

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