LEEDS WIN IN CONTROVERSIAL STYLE
Referee Costas Kapitanis is sure to come under much criticism for his performance during the match, in which he sent off three players, one for Munich and two for Leeds, and awarded a controversial penalty to the home side.
Leeds had much the better of the first half action in the match, and were rewarded for their efforts after 40 minutes, when a mistake by the Munich defence allowed Alan Smith to head home, intercepting the defender's header back to his keeper.
Shortly after this came the first moment of controversy in the match, when Ned Zelic slid in on Ian Harte but failed to make contact with the Leeds defender. However, Harte dived to the floor and referee Kapitanis promptly showed Zelic a straight red card, much to the player's disbelief.
This took United into the break with a comfortable advantage, although the tables were to turn in the second half. 1860 came out from the interval much more positively and showed early signs of promise as they looked to overcome the 1-0 deficit.
However, Leeds regrouped and managed to get back into the match, and this brought the second incident. Cerny stuck his foot out as Alan Smith went past him on the edge of the box, and, as the Leeds forward went down just outside the area, the referee pointed to the spot. Harte then stepped up to convert the penalty to make it 2-0 to Leeds.
Then the tables were turned on the English side when Olivier Dacourt (pictured), making his competitive debut for the club was shown a red card for a second bookable offence, when he dived in a challenge while pressing forward towards goal. While Dacourt can have no complaints about his second booking, his first yellow was shown for what looked like a fair challenge.
O'Leary's worries were then added to when Eirik Bakke was also sent off for a second bookable offence, after he went into a challenge for the ball with his hand forward. When he made contact with the defender's head, the referee showed him the second card that sent him back to the dressing room.
The incidents in the second half led to four minutes of extra time being played at the end of the match, which was to prove costly for the Premiership side, as they conceded what may prove to be a vital away goal in the dying seconds of the match. Paul Agostino beat Nigel Martyn in the Leeds goal to leave the match 2-1. Martyn will be disappointed to have conceded a goal, after an impressive display that saw him make two excellent saves from Thomas Hassler shots in the second half.
Elsewhere in the Champions League, Inter Milan suffered a blow to their quest for European glory, as they lost 1-0 at Helsingborgs, and they now face a challenge to overturn this result at home in the second leg.
Both AC Milan and Galatasaray came from behind in their matches as they secured victories over Dynamo Zagreb and St Gallen respectively. Milan won 3-1 through a brace from Andrei Shevchenko and a late goal from Comandini, while Galatasaray came away 2-1 winners on the night, with two goals from Brazilian summer signing Jardel.
Round-up of results from Wednesday's Champions League Qualifying matches:
AC Milan 3 v 1 Dynamo Zagreb
Anderlecht 1 v 0 FC Porto
Dunaferr 2 v 2 Rosenborg
Dinamo Kiev 0 v 0 Crvena Zvezda
Leeds 2 v 1 1860 Munich
Herfolge 0 v 3 Rangers
Helsingborgs 1 v 0 Inter Milan
Polonis Warsaw 2 v 2 Panathinaikos
St Gallen 1 v 2 Galatasaray
Shaktar Donetsk 0 v 1 Slavia Prague
Tirol Innsbruck 0 v 0 Valencia
