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Derby substitute Jack Marriott scored twice to help fire his side into the Sky Bet Championship play-off final after a 4-2 victory at Leeds.<\/p>\nDerby substitute Jack Marriott scored twice to help fire his side into the Sky Bet Championship play-off final after a 4-2 victory at Leeds.<\/p>\n
Marriott scored moments after stepping off the bench in the first half to make it 1-1 on the night and struck his second in the 85th minute to clinch Derby a 4-3 aggregate win.<\/p>\n
Derby, trailing 1-0 from the first leg, had fallen behind to Stuart Dallas’ opener, but after Marriott’s equalizer they stunned Marcelo Bielsa’s side with second-half goals from Mason Mount and Harry Wilson, from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n
Leeds, roared on by their partisan fans, hauled themselves level through a fine second goal from Dallas, but Marriott had the last word in a rip-roaring play-off semi-final, which saw both sides finish with 10 men.<\/p>\n
United defender Gaetano Berardi was sent off for his second yellow card in the 78th minute and Derby’s Scott Malone received his second booking in the final minute.<\/p>\n
Derby made it quickly apparent that they intended to make a real fist of it and came out of the blocks matching fire with fire.<\/p>\n
Tensions boiled over in the 20th minute when Derby left-back Malone was booked for shoving over Pablo Hernandez as the Spaniard tried to take a quick throw-in.<\/p>\n
Derby were dealt a blow in the 24th minute when, after all their good work, they conceded to fall behind 2-0 on aggregate.<\/p>\n
Kalvin Phillips’ free-kick came back off a post and Dallas turned home the rebound from close range.<\/p>\n
Leeds almost went 2-0 up on the night when Mateusz Klich’s shot was deflected on to the crossbar.<\/p>\n
Derby refused to roll over though and Mount’s looping header hit a post before substitute Marriott struck the equalizer moments after replacing Duane Holmes.<\/p>\n
Leeds goalkeeper Kiko Casilla and skipper Liam Cooper collided going for Mount’s flick-on and Marriott was left in the clear to seize on the gift and turn the ball home.<\/p>\n
Leeds were rattled and were caught cold again soon after the restart when Derby leveled the tie.<\/p>\n
Wilson fed Mount in the box and despite stumbling, he managed to lift his shot over Casilla and send the travelling fans into raptures.<\/p>\n
Leeds responded as their fans turned up the volume and goal bound efforts from Phillips and Hernandez were both blocked.<\/p>\n
But Derby refused to buckle and turned the tie on its head in the 58th minute.<\/p>\n
Referee Anthony Taylor awarded a penalty for Cooper’s tug on Mason Bennett and Wilson calmly converted from the spot.<\/p>\n
Now it was Leeds who had to dig deep and they obliged by leveling the tie again four minutes later.<\/p>\n
Klich and Dallas combined down the left and the latter turned inside and fired a peach of a shot inside the far post.<\/p>\n
With the last 10 minutes approaching the game took another twist.<\/p>\n
Berardi kicked out at Bradley Johnson after the pair had tussled in midfield and was shown his second yellow card.<\/p>\n
Derby made Leeds pay. Moments after Wilson’s shot hit Casilla’s right-hand post, Richard Keogh squared the ball for Marriott in the area and the striker lifted the ball over the Leeds goalkeeper to make it 4-2 on the night to the visitors.<\/p>\n
Dallas’ 20-yard shot was brilliantly saved by Derby goalkeeper Kelle Roos before Malone received his marching orders for his second yellow card.<\/p>\n
Derby made history by becoming the first side to win a second-tier play-off semi-final after losing the first leg at home and they will face Aston Villa on May 27.<\/p>\n