Leeds United manager, Daniel Farke, was none too happy after his side failed to capitalise on Leicester City’s surprising loss to Millwall.
With the Foxes having slipped up, a win on Tuesday would’ve seen the all whites go to the top of the table again, but a 0-0 draw meant that they moved into second on goal difference from Ipswich Town, though the Portman Road based side have a game in hand.
With five games left to play for Leeds there’s still 15 points up for grabs, and Farke will surely be looking for his team not to drop any more if he wants to become one of the two teams that will go up to the Premier League automatically.
Daniel Farke has blamed the English ref for Leeds’ draw at Sunderland
Against the Black Cats, it seems that the German believes that the English officials were against Leeds. At least that’s the impression he gave in his post-match press conference.
“We were pretty unfortunate with some decisions, clear handball in the first half should have been a penalty, clear handball in the second half should have been a penalty,” he said (h/t Wakefield Express).
“The added time, it felt a bit harsh after substitutions, lots of time wasting and discussions. I don’t know if we would have scored a goal, but I know we were pretty unlucky with some decisions on the pitch.
“In general I’m never asking for red cards but come on act a bit earlier with yellow cards or you send the message you can keep going.
“If there is a rule how there should be a handball, I ask just for the rules. When you lean into the ball with the elbow and you have a clear view as a referee, sorry you have to give it.
“The second half it was obvious, it was not difficult to see.
“We’ve had six letters this year saying ‘sorry it was a penalty or red card’, we’ll likely get two more letters now. Two penalties and I’m sure we would have used one to win this game.”
Daniel Farke let rip in his post-match press conference after the Sunderland…
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Author : Jason Pettigrove
Publish date : 2024-04-10 15:29:25
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