The #LUFC Breakfast Debate (Wednesday 24th February) - Rampant Leeds add to Southampton's misery
Good Morning, it's Wednesday 24th February, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road...
Rampant Leeds add to Southampton's misery
Leeds got back to winning ways in style following a captivating second half display reminiscent of their glory days. After a captivation first 45 minutes, full of incident involving a disallowed goal, penalty u-turn and last ditch tackle, (albeit tackle of the season) the half finished in stalemate, but the flood gates were about to open. Bamford broke the deadlock a couple of minutes after the interval. Leeds leading scorer latched onto Roberts through ball, timing his run perfectly before calmly slotting the ball between the defenders legs and beyond the keepers reach.
From this point onward, it was almost one way traffic, though history will remind us that a 1-0 scoreline is never enough when it comes to Leeds. Dallas doubled the scoreline twelve minutes from time. The Northern Ireland International found the corner of the net following a surging run from a rejuvenated Costa. The icing on the cake came six minutes from time. Raphinha's 25 yard free kick beat McCarthy at his near post. Awkward dipping free kick, but you'd expect a keeper of McCarthy's class to perhaps do better.
What did you think of Llorente's first full game for the club? Is it 15m well spent? Did he make a difference?
Post match interviews
Leeds Manager Marcelo Bielsa
Southampton Manager Ralph Hasenhuttl
The penalty decision
The penalty decision in the first half has angered many Leeds fans on social media. Saints midfielder Nathan Tella went to ground in the penalty insisting that Leeds defender Diego Llorente had bought him down. Originally the man in black Andre Marriner pointed to the spot, but after consulting with VAR, decided to review the decision. Thankfully for Leeds, Llorente had the experience to know what was happening and withdrew his leg from anywhere near the 21 year old.
Once Marriner had disallowed the spot kick, the game continued as normal. Tella was not booked, nor was he given a talking to. What kind of message does this send to the millions of youngsters watching the game?