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By Stuart Rayner Leeds United assistant manager Eddie Reiner explained Daniel Farke let his frustrations boil over because referee Peter Bankes did not add more time to his side's home game against Manchester City. When the match hit 90 minutes it was announced that a minimum of six minutes would be added, but Farke was angry no more was put on top, and was red-carded at the final whistle for aggressively approaching the referee. Adding to his frustration would have been the feeling that Leeds were so close to taking something from a game they lost 1-0. Antoine Semenyo's goal in first-half stoppage time made the difference, but Leeds had good chances before that, which Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Brenden Aaronson failed to take. Farke's punishment meant he was unable to take the post-match press conference, and he will not be allowed on the bench for Tuesday's Premier League home game against Sunderland. "We had six minutes' added a time and obviously...

By Graham Smyth The Leeds United boss was shown a red card after the final whistle on Saturday. Leeds United boss Daniel Farke's full-time red card was down to his frustration over referee Peter Bankes' time keeping as Man City won 1-0 at Elland Road. Farke's assistant Edmund Riemer took the post-game press conference following the manager's straight red card at full-time. Anger at the officiating boiled over as Farke ran straight onto the pitch to remonstrate with referee Bankes, who responded instantly with his red card. Farke then had to be restrained by his captain Ethan Ampadu as he made further complaints. Leeds were denied a penalty for handball in the late stages and officials decided not to act on a stamp by Rayan Cherki on Ilia Gruev earlier in the second half. Six minutes of time were added on but Leeds felt Bankes blew for full-time too quickly given what had occurred during the stoppage time. Riemer explained: "I had a short chat with [Farke]...

By Stuart Rayner For the second time against Manchester City, Leeds United were able to take encouragement, if not points. Just as well that unlike in late November, they have a bit of a cushion for moral victories. Not that they looked very happy with their lot at full-time as Daniel Farke was red-carded for getting in the face of referee Peter Bankes, and Pep Guardiola – having already taunted the home fans with a blown kiss – stepped in to separate the players. City won 1-0 thanks to an Antoine Semenyo goal, but had Leeds been a little more ruthless it could have been them celebrating at full-time. As it was, they pushed Guardiola's title-chasers right to the end, going at them with a 4-4-2 led by two big strikers in the final stages. The Whites were able to take a new tactical blueprint from their pre-Christmas trip to Eastlands. This game did not throw up that, just reassurance that their new ways of working are panning out reasonably well. They could have dropped ...

By Lee Sobot Leeds United took on Manchester City under the Elland Road lights. A host of brilliant Leeds United chances ultimately counted for nothing as title-chasing Manchester City ended the club’s brilliant record under the Elland Road lights with a 1-0 success which ended with a Daniel Farke red card. Leeds made a superb start that matched the cauldron of noise inside Elland Road and the Whites should have been ahead with just four minutes on the clock. Jayden Bogle's excellent pass down the right channel released Brenden Aaronson who sent a perfect ball into the box for Dominic Calvert-Lewin who was free six yards out but sent his first time shot wide of the left hand post. It was, though, just the start of a host of good chances for Farke's Whites who were unable to take any of them, Calvert-Lewin brilliantly turning Marc Guehi but firing just wide from a tight angle and Aaronson prodding another shot wide from a Bogle cross. The best chance, though, Calvert...

Fresh legs would help but that is not necessarily the main dagger that is killing Leeds United so late in games Isaac Johnson Leeds United reporter Leeds United have been praised for their conversion from set-pieces this season and rightly so. Their tally of 13 is the same amount that they managed throughout the whole of last season’s title-winning Championship campaign. There is a reason why Leeds honed in on tall players this summer. Meanwhile, Anton Stach’s long-range missile at Aston Villa was their third direct free-kick of the season, having failed to register any last term. It would be remiss to brand United as set-piece merchants given that two-thirds of their goals have come from open play - and also because they have a problem defending them too, something that has perhaps escaped the attention somewhat. Leeds have conceded 12 times from set-pieces, only one fewer than the amount they have scored from dead balls. That is the fifth-highest in the league. Even more ...

Oh my god February 23, 2026 Written by: Rob Conlon When I close my eyes at night I dream of striking a football as sweetly as Anton Stach. From the daring of its imagination to the quite frankly sickening brutality and beauty of its execution, Stach’s free-kick at Villa Park is the type of goal I like to imagine myself scoring for Leeds United as I let my mind wander when I have more important things to do, or when I’m staring wistfully out of a train window, or when I’m sitting on the toilet. It’s the type of sensation I trick myself into remembering as the rare occasions I also connected with a football properly when playing in local parks with jumpers for goalposts or five-a-side halls growing up. Yet deep down, I know those moments were even fewer that I care to admit, and are undermined by the fact that almost every time it was a complete fluke, a brief accident courtesy of the law of probability. Anton Stach, on the other hand, meant it — and that meant it was all the m...