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Jack Harrison hailed for 'key' role he played in Leeds United's draw vs Brighton

Kris Boyd says Jack Harrison was 'key' in helping Leeds United earn a 2-2 draw against Brighton at Elland Road on Saturday.

Harrison headed into the game in poor form, and had not scored a league goal since Leeds' 3-0 victory over Chelsea in August last year.

But he set-up Patrick Bamford to level the scoring just before the break, and then popped up with a late equaliser himself. He was also responsible for a bizarre own goal on the hour-mark, but Boyd was impressed how Harrison made up for his error.

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"Jack Harrison was key to that obviously set-up the first goal for Patrick Bamford, who scored his 49th goal for Leeds. A fantastic achievement for him and he took it really well because Caicedo was coming back and he took it from his left foot to his right," Boyd told Sky Sports News.

"You're not expecting him to hit it but he does and it takes a little nick off Adam Webster, up and over Steele, hits the bar and comes back down.

"Harrison scores an own goal. I don't know what he's doing. He's on the line and he tries to clear it with his left foot just swing your right foot at it and clear it.

"Solly March managed to stick his leg in, it's just a coming together and it ends up going in the back of the net. But boy did he make up for it just after that."

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