Andy Myers's side put in an impressive away performance as they secured a 3-1 victory over the Whites on Friday afternoon. Two headed goals from Xavier Mbuyamba and a Lewis Baker penalty in the closing moments of the game were enough to give us the three points.

Head coach Myers will be happy with the performance and even more pleased that his side have now leapfrogged our opponents, taking us out of the bottom two.

Bright start

It was a cagey start to the game as both sides enjoyed spells of possession. Our young Blues throughout this season have shown their capabilities in keeping the ball well and the start to this game was no different.

The first real opening for the visitors came through the surging run of Lewis Hall, one of Myers’ six changes from the last game against Crystal Palace. His darting run opened up space and he played an incisive ball to Xavier Simons, who drilled across the face of goal, agonisingly missing everyone in the box.

We maintained our first real show of pressure and broke the deadlock from a corner. George McEachran’s in-swinging ball found the head of Mbuyamba who was on hand to direct his header into the net.

The hosts from kick-off won a corner of their own and an inswinging ball from the left found Tyler Roberts at the back post but he could only direct his volley wide. Our development squad were doing a great job of winning the ball back in midfield to create opportunities and Hall almost scored with a driven effort after good work in the middle from McEachran and Uwakwe.

Set-piece kings

Our young Blues were profiting from mistakes by our opponents and Jude Soonsup-Bell almost pounced on a goalkeeping error to double our lead. A back pass was mis-controlled by the Leeds shot-stopper and a last-ditch tackle prevented the goal.

Another challenge won in midfield, this time from Baker, led to a counter-attack which Baker slid Soonsup-Bell through on goal. He cut back inside onto his left foot and laid off Harvey Vale, who just could not keep his shot down as it sailed over.

With our young Blues in control of this game, Soonsup-Bell cleverly won a free-kick in a dangerous position. Our threat from dead-ball situations was evident and a super delivery from Baker found Mbuyamba who was on hand to score his second and our second of the game.

Against the run of play

With the young Blues in cruise control attempting to see out the half, three minutes from half-time a contentious penalty was awarded to the Whites with Mbuyamba adjudged to have tripped his man. Roberts converted from the spot to reduce his team’s deficit.

The second half started with the visitors actively searching for the third goal and their good intent from the start would have impressed Myers. A quick break soon led to captain Xavier Simons pulling the trigger with an effort that was straight at the keeper. He had another effort which he failed to keep down but should have done a lot better with.

The pressure was becoming unbearable for the Whites and every Chelsea break was creating an opportunity to add a third. Baker drilled a ball across goal which Uwakwe due to pressure from the keeper failed to connect.

Brodi Hughes found himself in a dangerous position and the defender showed attacking qualities, jinking his way into the box and his left-footed effort which goalkeeper Klaesson pulled off a world-class save to tip it wide. Soonsup-Bell was also presented with a great opportunity to score as he manoeuvred the ball onto his left foot and a goal-saving block prevented the third.

For all our dominant play, Myers and the team would have been nervous with 20 minutes to go as we were not taking the chances we were creating. A great ball inside gave Leeds an opportunity to level the game but a strong hand from Lucas Bergstrom prevented their winger from getting on the scoresheet. It was a reminder of the danger that they posed despite our dominance.

Cherry on top

Following a flurry of changes from both sides, there was a stagnant period which suited our development squad. The stoppages in play allowed us to regroup at every opportunity.

With the game coming to a close, some fortune fell our way as a Joe Haigh's run into the box was met with a slight nudge from an opposing defender. The referee deemed this enough to warrant a penalty. Baker stepped up and smashed home the spot-kick securing the three points for our youngsters.

Mbuyamba did have one final opportunity to give himself a hat-trick with another header where he rose highest and connected cleanly. However, the effort was parried onto the bar and the game soon ended with a deserved victory for our boys in Yorkshire.

Chelsea (3-4-2-1) Lucas Bergstrom; Brodie Hughes, Xavier Mbuyamba, Alfie Gilchrist; Harvey Vale, Xavier Simons (c), Lewis Baker, Lewis Hall (Dion Rankine 79); Tariq Uwakwe (Joe Haigh 75), George McEachran, Jude Soonsup-Bell (Bryan Fiabema 68).Unused subs Teddy Curd, Jayden WarehamBooked Hughes 64Scorers Mbuyamba 11, 35; Baker 88 (pen)

Leeds United (4-1-4-1) Kristoffer Klaesson; Kris More, Nohan Kenneh, Jeremiah Mullen, Leo Hjelde; Lewis Bate; Max Dean, Archie Gray, Sam Greenwood (c) (Charlie Allen 45), Amari Miller; Tyler Roberts (Joseph Gelhardt 45), (Sean McGurk 75)Unused subs Dani van den Heuvel, Stuart McKinstry.Booked Gelhardt 71Scorers Roberts 41 (pen)