Leeds United will take huge heart from their second-half rally that maintained their unbeaten start to the new campaign.Daniel Farke’s side had found themselves under the cosh for long periods before half-time at Elland Road as Brentford’s aggressive approach forced Leeds into retreat. Yet a tactical switch at the break and, critically, an injection of energy off the bench reaped dividends, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin delighting the home support with his first goal of the campaign to draw them level.Brentford were left to curse their profligacy. Their first-half dominance had only yielded the lead five minutes from the break as an outstanding volley from Kevin Schade, meeting a cross with the outside of his right foot, found the far corner of James Trafford’s net. The ball looped in with the goalkeeper and his defenders helpless.Cue the recovery. The hosts switched to a back four at the break and, while Jayden Bogle was arguably fortunate not to concede a penalty for a challenge on Schade, Farke’s team posed much more of a threat. James Justin was denied by Caoimhin Kelleher at full stretch, yet Leeds would not be denied and Calvert-Lewin drew them level by stabbing home Lukas Nmecha’s low cross.Beren Cross dissects the key talking points from Elland Road.Was Schade’s flick the best goal of the weekend?Brentford deservedly took the lead with five minutes to play at the end of the first half. As they had done on so many other occasions, they broke upfield from a Leeds attack to good effect.Leeds managed to get enough bodies back to repel the initial attacks, but they never properly cleared their lines, never woke up and never looked defensively organised. Brentford knocked it around the box, picking up every loose ball before Mikkel Damsgaard found himself in enough space to cross into the area from the left.Damsgaard whips in his cross (Sky Sports)The centre seemed innocuous enough, but Anton Stach, who had endured difficulties asserting himself from the outset, was slow to react and Schade stole in front of him to beat him to the ball.What the German did next was exquisite.Kevin Schade connects with the outside of his right boot (Sky Sports)Granted that yard of space, he seemed to stun the ball with the outside of his right boot. It looped into the air and over a rooted Trafford…And the ball loops in over a stranded James Trafford (Sky Sports)… to nestle in the far corner of the goalkeeper’s net with Leeds’ players left utterly perplexed.If Schade was asked to replicate such a delicate finish, conjuring that same unlikely trajectory, he would struggle to repeat the trick even if he tried it another 50 times. It was a magnificent goal to open the scoring, and no more than Brentford deserved.How big a loss to Leeds is Joe Rodon?Prior to this season, Joe Rodon had missed just three of the 129 league games played since August 2023 due to injury. He has arguably been the most robust player of Farke’s tenure in West Yorkshire.