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Leeds 1-5 Crystal Palace: Five-star Eagles soar six points clear of the drop zone after thrashing relegation rivals with four goals in a superb second-half display... as Roy Hodgson's side pile the pressure on the hapless Whites

The sort of day that cannot just be shrugged off. Not one that will be easy to, either.

The ramifications for the remainder of this season do not bear thinking about at the moment and, such was the drastic capitulation that nobody saw coming, Leeds United might have been better off drawing the last two – thus sat on a point fewer than they actually are – just so the psychological impact of this did not exist.

But it does. And whether Javi Gracia garners a response will determine how this all ends for Leeds. Liverpool come here next Monday; Leicester City – presumably Jesse Marsch's Leicester – are in town a fortnight later.