Leeds United man's touchline bodyguard, fan takes a tumble and off-camera moments at Hull City - YEP 21/9/23
Leeds United are a difficult side to score goals against under Daniel Farke but were left to rue their missed chances prior to Joe Rodon’s red card at Hull City.
By Graham Smyth
The Whites hoped to follow up their 3-0 beating of Millwall
with a second consecutive away victory but were forced to settle for a 0-0 draw
and a third straight clean sheet. Rodon’s red was the game changer because up
until the hour mark you would have backed Leeds to go on and win it.
Here’s the YEP take.
Good day
Crysencio Summerville
The substitute changed the game. His direct running gave
Hull serious problems and his linking up with Georginio Rutter created chances.
Hull City could only stop him through fouls. Summerville is going to be a
nightmare for a lot of Championship defenders this season.
Pascal Struijk
With the captain fit to return to the squad the pressure is
on Struijk to keep his place. He responded with a good performance at Hull.
Continually picked a good pass to get Leeds moving forward, sending them ahead
of the intended recipient so they could get at Hull. There was just one
positional mistake to pick at because defensively he was otherwise sound.
Ryan Allsop
The Hull City keeper made a tremendous save to deny Rutter
and an even better one to stop Summerville from scoring a wondergoal. He
deserved his clean sheet.
Bad day
Jamie Shackleton
A difficult outing for the makeshift left-back, although he
dug in and worked hard. At times he will suffer from not being able to play in
a regular or natural position and at Hull it felt like one of those times. But
asked to do a job, he’ll do it willingly and with plenty of effort.
Joel Piroe
The striker was unable to make much headway and looked
isolated at times, prior to being sacrificed due to the red card. Farke’s
disappointment was evident because he felt Piroe’s moment was going to arrive
in the second half.
Joe Rodon
The first yellow wasn't just harsh, it was wrong. The second
he could have no complaints about and that was on him, because that challenge
did not need to be made in that manner. The shame of it was Rodon's performance
being so good up to that point, he was a brick wall.
Off-camera moments
Captain Liam Cooper imparting some wisdom to Georginio
Rutter as they walked off the pitch at the end of the warm-up.
Luke Ayling consoling Willy Gnonto as he came off with an
early knock.
Ayling's thumbs up for Archie Gray who tracked the dangerous
Jaden to cover for his captain. Ayling, who is asked to play high and wide by
Farke, was upfield for an attack as Hull broke with a long ball out.
Ethan Ampadu gathering Summerville and Piroe for a chat as
the teams came off for half-time to express a view on the first half.
Farke apologetically explaining his decision to Piroe, who
was sacrificed for Cooper on 62 minutes after Rodon's red.
A Leeds United supporter tumbling onto a TV gantry and
appearing to open up a wound on his head, drawing a crowd of stewards and the
attention of the police in and around the away end. His fellow supporters
responded with chants of ‘We’re Leeds United, we sit where we want.’
Ayling celebrating winning a goal kick after another duel
with Jaden. It was a tough night for the right-back but he fought to the end
and when down to 10 men every single challenge became vital.
Fitness coach Chris Domogalla walking down the touchline to
chaperone Ayling like a burly bodyguard, after the defender's off-field booking
and interactions with Hull players. The home fans were incensed by his general
presence but particularly his over-the-top theatrics when Jacob Greaves shaped
to kick the ball at him.
At full-time ex-Hull City man Karl Darlow taking the
opportunity to catch up with ex-team-mates.