Joe Gelhardt is smiling as he recalls that goal against Norwich last season, converted in the fourth minute of stoppage time at a delirious Elland Road and remembered now as perhaps the pivotal moment in a turbulent campaign for Leeds.
The Whites had lost their previous six games, a run which cost Marcelo Bielsa his job, but following Gelhardt’s late heroics, only minutes after stepping off the bench, they went on to win three of their next four, eventually clinching survival on the final day.
“It was a crucial three points, in terms of the season we were having, and we built momentum off it,” Gelhardt tells Sky Sports. “When the fans went crazy, it was just, ‘Wow, these are so good’.”
The only way it could have been improved? The knee-slide celebration. “Oh God, yeah,” Gelhardt says with a chuckle, wincing as he remembers his aborted attempt. “I have to work on it.”
You suspect there will be plenty more opportunities.