This game was the first under Swansea’s new ownership structure after American Andy Coleman along with fellow shareholders Brett Cravatt and Nigel Morris and businessman Jason Cohen bought out the majority shareholding of Jason Levein and Steve Kaplan.
Their eight-year tenure saw the club drop out of the Premier League in 2018 and become marooned largely in mid-table in the division below since.
Coleman’s vision is for a return to the top flight and more than £20m will be brought into the club.
It was only eight minutes into the new era when the Swans celebrated their first goal as centre-back Darling cushioned his volley from six yards beyond the reach of Illan Meslier.
Cullen had been rewarded for his first two Wales goals in the Nations League triumph over Iceland by regaining his place in Swansea’s goal-shy attack.
And right on half-time, he restored his team’s lead as his finish from the edge of the box took a slight deflection off Jayden Bogle and found the bottom corner via the post for his third goal of the week.
After Leeds scored twice in 14 minutes to turn things around in the second half, the Swans showed a mix of quality and character to fight back.
Josh Tymon’s left-wing cross was inviting for French striker Bianchini to get in front of his marker and steer home, as Luke Williams’ side scored three times in a game for the first time since August.
They were undone immediately at the other end by Gnonto’s winner, but with no Swansea game having more than three goals this season, if this match is a blueprint of how things will go from now on, Swans fans could be in for a treat.
