Leeds v Southampton LIVE: Championship play-off final result and reaction as Saints dramatically promoted

90+6 mins: McCarthy hasn’t been overly tested today but that could be the save that sends Southampton back to the Premier League. Still time for Leeds though as they throw men forward again.

McCarthy comes and claims a ball over the top.

90+4 mins: Goalscorer Armstrong does his defensive duty, wins the ball back out wide and lashes clear. It’s 11 men behind the ball time for the Saints.

Leeds come again and James lets fly from distance. It’s low to McCarthy’s right and he sprawls to push it away! Leeds pressing for the equaliser.

90+3 mins: Joseph does brilliantly down the right, cutting inside defenders and squaring the ball into the Southampton box but no Leeds player is there and it’s cleared.

90+2 mins: After a protracted period, both James and Walker-Peters have their heads strapped up and will try to play on. We’ll resume with a drop ball

90 mins: A nasty clash of heads between Dan James and Kyle Walker-Peters, with both men receiving lengthy treatment on the pitch.

Nine minutes of injury-time signalled but it may be more after this spell.

Millimetres away. Here was that James effort that absolutely clattered the bar for Leeds.

86 mins: James now fouled at the other end of the pitch by Downes, who finally gets a yellow card. It’s faintly remarkable that he hasn’t been booked yet in this game.

Leeds then come forward, Joseph cuts inside and feeds Rutter whose shit flies well over. That was a half-decent position squandered.

84 mins: OH MY WORD! THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

A lovely one-two on the edge of the box and the ball sits up for James to absolutely hammer the ball at goal. It flies past McCarthy and thunders off the underside of the crossbar but somehow stays out! Head in hands from Farke and the fans as Southampton scramble clear.

You can’t come closer than that!

82 mins: Bodies all over the pitch now as Ampadu the latest man to go down. He’s slow to get up but does so without treatment needed.

20-year-old attacker Mateo Joseph thrown on by Daniel Farke now as left-back Junior Firpo comes off. For Southampton, Edozie (who came on for the injured Brooks in the first half) is subbed off for Ryan Manning. We’re entering the endgame now.

80 mins: Southampton half-clear the first cross from the corner and Gruev’s subsequent crosses to get the ball back in the mixer are blocked.

The Saints then earn a free-kick to relieve the pressure.