Albion ended their most productive ever away campaign in the top tier with another point yesterday.

But they will feel they could have added even further to Leeds’ palpable relegation worries on a highly-charged occasion at Elland Road.

Danny Welbeck’s high-class finish on 21 minutes looked like proving to be the difference for much of the afternoon.

The Seagulls, looking assured, should have been further ahead.

But Leeds sub Pascal Struijk headed in from close range in the second of six added minutes to salvage what might be a precious reward for Leeds.

Albion went with the XI which kicked off the 4-0 win over Manchester United and also named the same bench.

There was still no Patrick Bamford for Leeds but Raphinha and Jack Harrison both started after midweek injury scares.

Dan James was suspended and Struijk and Lewis Bate dropped to the bench as Mateusz Klich, Junior Firpo and striker Joe Gelhardt came in.

An Ashley Barnes handball at Spurs, punished by Harry Kane’s penalty, gave Leeds the news they wanted as survival rivals Burnley lost 1-0 at Tottenham.

The atmosphere was further whipped up as legends of two great Leeds sides of the past took to the pitch.

Members of the 1972 FA Cup winning side and the 1992 Football League champions were given a prolonged and rapturous ovation.

The opening stages were just what Leeds would have wanted – and Albion would have been braced for.

The hosts forced a corner as Joel Veltman blocked a shot and Robert Sanchez dropped the delivery before Albion escaped amid a session of goalmouth pinball.

Albion, though, settled and started knocking the ball about.

It was all too easy as they cut through down the right.

Alexis Mac Allister’s pull-back found Moises Caicedo, whose first shot was blocked and follow-up flew straight to Illan Meslier.

A better chance followed as Leandro Trossard’s clever pass got Solly March clean through on goal but he dragged his shot wide.

March was the provider next time when his pass sent Pascal Gross in to the right of goal but the German shot straight at Meslier, It felt like Albion should be ahead and the lead duly arrived thanks to a moment of penalty area expertise on 21 minutes.

Yves Bissouma played the ball forward, again to the right of centre, and Welbeck turned inside, then outside Diego Llorente before clipping a superb finish over Meslier’s dive.

It was great work by Bissouma to win the ball in his own half and lead the counter – and the finish was high quality.

There was just one serious threat to that lead before the break as Sanchez dived to his left to keep out a well struck, curling drive from Klich.

But it felt like Albion should have been more than 1-0 ahead – and they would have been had Robin Koch not slid in to get a vital touch when Trossard bore down on goal.

Mac Allister also went close as his back header cleared Meslier and landed on the roof of the net.

Leeds made a busy start to the second half, attacking the Kop end, and Raphinha and Harrison both shot over from the edge of the box.

Albion sent on Adam Webster for March and switched to a back four with Veltman at right-back.

They were being tested and Sanchez soared to his right to parry a Raphinha free-kick after a foul by Caicedo.

It seemed Raphinha must convert a low cross but Cucurella slid in to tackle and the ball rolled gently wide.

Webster threw himself at a shot, Sanchez saved well from Klich and Gelhardt dragged an effort wide as the home pressure continued.

Albion asked Adam Lallana to help steady things as they sent him on for Caicedo.

It worked for a while – and Welbeck should have killed any Leeds hope on 86 minutes when he headed a great chance wide as Trossard carefully picked him out at the far post.

That miss left the door ajar for Leeds to snatch their late point through Struijk after fine work by Gelhardt and they pressed feverishly for a winner.

But even then Albion could have left them broken-hearted as sub Tariq Lamptey dragged a shot across the face of goal with the final kick.

Leeds: Meslier; Raphinha, Koch (Shackleton 68), Cooper, Llorente, Firpo (Struijk 83); Rodrigo, Phillips, Klich (Greenwood 83), Harrison; Gelhardt. Subs not used: Klaesson, Bate, Hjelde, Cresswell, Kenneh, Gray.

Goal: Struijk 90+2.

Yellow card: Firpo (71) foul, Rodrigo (81) foul, Cooper (84) foul.

Albion: Sanchez; Veltman, Dunk, Cucurella; March (Webster 62), Caicedo (Lallana 74), Bissouma, Gross, Mac Allister, Trossard (Lamptey 86); Welbeck. Subs not used: Steele, Duffy, Offiah, Alzate, Maupay, Ferguson. Goal: Welbeck 21.

Yellow card: Caicedo (65) foul.

Referee: Mike Dean.