Leeds battled past Crystal Palace 3-2 at Elland Road with a second-half comeback which resulted in a late winner. Whites boss Simon Grayson was grateful for the introduction of Luciano Becchio as the Argentinean became the catalyst for the revival.
"Luciano Becchio) was never going to play much more than 25 to 30 minutes of football because he's only played 60 minutes in a reserve game," said Grayson.
"His arrival lifted the crowd and gave everybody a buzz. We had to play differently, we went with a longer ball, and him and Mikael Forsell caused problems.
"I'm delighted he's had an impact on the game. He's a long way off starting a game, but it's a great boost to have him back.
"We didn't play very well today. The biggest confidence boost was that we were only 2-1 down in the game. We need to be better at not conceding goals and need to stop making fundamental errors.
"I've sat after a game when we've played better than we have today and not won. I know (Palace boss) Dougie Freedman will be disappointed because they probably deserved to win the game."
Freedman did not disagree with his opposite number's assessment.
"It's a strange feeling because half of me is proud of the way we played and the way we took the game to them, and the other half is disappointed," said Freedman.
"We expect to win when we play like that. But we move on. We'll win more games than we lose when we play like that.
"We did not get the result but I will not change my philosophy on the way we play. Our defensive duties lack a little bit of concentration, but in the last five minutes we still created chances."
