Sean Longstaff reveals Leeds United 'relief' with Bournemouth draw verdict and personal admission — Yorkshire Evening Post 28/9/25
By Lee Sobot
Sean Longstaff put in a man of the match display in Leeds
United’s 2-2 draw against Premier League visitors Bournemouth at Elland Road.
Sean Longstaff made a personal admission after his starring
role in Saturday’s 2-2 draw against Bournemouth with a Whites level
declaration.
Summer signing Longstaff bagged his fourth Leeds league
start in succession against the Cherries in which an assist and then goal from
the midfielder looked to have given Daniel Farke’s Whites a 2-1 success.
Having fallen behind to an Antoine Semenyo free-kick, a
Longstaff corner picked out Joe Rodon to head Leeds level and a superb
Longstaff finish later put the Whites 2-1 up.
Leeds held the advantage heading into second half stoppage
time but Eli Kroupi netted a 93rd-minute equaliser as United failed to clear a
free-kick to ensure the Cherries left Elland Road with a 2-2 draw.
Eli Kroupi’s strike proved an undoubted late blow but
Longstaff praised his side’s overall level of performance, declaring that Leeds
more than matched the highflying Cherries at times and admitting personal goal
relief.
Speaking post match to LUTV, Longstaff said: “I thought it
was a really good game with two good teams.
“We know the way Bournemouth play, very high energy, very
intense and sort of always makes for an exciting game.
“I thought we more than held our own obviously at times in
the first half. We limited them to very few clear-cut chances. And I thought we
were pretty good in the game.
“I thought we were obviously better in the second half than
the first half.”
