' 20 (Pen), '88 Shearer

Alan Shearer was Newcastle's hero as an 88th minute equaliser sent Newcastle back from Elland Road with a 2-2 draw.

Early pressure from Leeds seen a few half chances created in a scrappy game which brought out 6 yellow cards.

Shearer put Newcastle in front firing home a penalty after brilliant interplay from Lee Bowyer and Craig Bellamy played Kieron Dyer through who was tripped by Lucas Radebe. The lead was short lived, when Mark Viduka fired home the equaliser four minutes later after a possesion was lost outside the 18 yard box.

Alan Smith put Leeds in front after Olivier Bernard sent a tame header back to Shay Given only for Smith to nip in and beat the stranded keeper (57).

Newcastle kept pushing for that decisive equaliser, after bringing on Jermaine Jenas, Shola Ameobi and Nolberto Solano to somehow find a goal.

The breakthrough came on 88 minutes, when a defensive mix-up allowed Alan Shearer to toe-poke the equaliser in.

Sir Bobby said:

"In the end, yes, with us losing I would settle for that," he said. "It was two major defensive errors, so they scored non-creative goals and went from being 1-0 down to a winning position.

"We plugged away and never stopped working - we wanted to play. I put everyone on that I could to try to salvage a point, which we did in the end.

"We got our rewards from a tough match. Leeds played very well and it was a diplomatic result over all."

Alan Shearer said:

"Being 2-1 down with just a few minutes to go, we have got to be happy.

"With the likes of Smith and Viduka up front, they have always got a chance and two mistakes cost us."

He added: "I thought we came at them very strong in the second half and thought we looked the fitter towards the end."