LEEDS got their first win in nine games as they beat Blackpool 3-1 and new head coach Neil Redfearn saluted their go-forward attitude at Elland Road.

Redfearn is back in the dugout after a successful caretaker spell in September - a period which brought about Leeds' last win.

Darko Milanic arrived after that and left without winning a game in six, with Redfearn's first two matches in full-time charge failing to yield a victory also.

But a stunning first-half, which saw Liam Cooper, Souleymane Doukara and Mirco Antenucci all score, ensured their drought was ended and meant that Blackpool's second-half revival could not affect the result.

"I thought we were excellent in the first half, some of the movement and the passing was different class," Redfearn said.

"That was as good as I've seen them play. It could have been anything. It wasn't just the pressure, it was good football culminating in three goals.

"The second half was a damp squib but the result was the main thing and that came off the back of a good first half.

"It was a good, important win and I thought we earned it. We never gave Blackpool a chance to settle, the start was excellent and for the first 10 minutes we were like a whirlwind."

Leeds' second and third goals arrived via some quick, one-touch passing, with Doukara's goal - a length-of-the-field team move - a particular highlight.

"We have got footballers and there is no point in us lumping it up the pitch," Redfearn said of the attitude he is trying to impart on his players.

"We have to pass it and play and the more they do that, the more they will pick results up. We scored a fantastic goal."

Blackpool head to the fortnight off 10 points adrift of safety and with a solitary win to their name.

They were never at the races in the first half, with new boss Lee Clark hauling off Andre Blackman with less than a quarter of the game gone in order to live with the hosts.

A robust second-half performance, highlighted by goalscorer Nile Ranger's display off the bench, gave Clark plenty to be optimistic about, though.

"When you're three goals down at half-time it's hard for any players, but to give the players credit we were better in the second half," he said.

"We got them in at half-time, got them regrouped and they did things better. It was too little, too late, but we did the dirty side of the game better, we competed and didn't allow Leeds to dictate the pace of the game.

"We had allowed them to find space in behind us, getting shots and crosses in; we were having to make saves from the first minute.

"My assessment is we need some consistency, know-how and to build a little run of points whether that's draws, wins; we can't be playing well one day and not the next.

"There are lots of points there, Bolton have shown that and that's what we need to do."

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