Marcelo Bielsa's side were made to pay for two costly mistakes and a lack of cutting edge in South Wales as the Whites made a losing start to the nine game run-in. Take a look back at the match action in pictures below from the Cardiff City stadium.
1. Cherry remembered
Trevor Cherry was also remembered in south Wales following his sudden death during the break from action.
2. Hunter remembered
Leeds United paid tribute to club legend Norman Hunter in Cardiff following his death from coronavirus.
3. Behind closed doors
Due to the social distancing measures in place football faced a new normal for the first time.
4. Bamford in action
Patrick Bamford takes on the Bluebirds defence early on looking to break the deadlock.
5. Players take a knee
Both sets of players took a knee before kick-off as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Leeds United fell to a 2-0 defeat at Cardiff City as the Championship season restarted behind closed doors. (PA)