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Harrison, Ayling, Kristensen, Moreno
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leeds United
Molineux
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Michael Salisbury

Leeds climbed to 14th in the table after defeating Wolves in a six goal thriller at Molineux over the weekend. The goal tally tells just half the story; throw in seven yellow cards, two reds, a 40 yard lob and more VAR controversy than you can shake a stick at, and you've got yourself a classic, albeit with a rare happy ending for Yorkshire's finest.

Leeds settled their nerves early on, after Jack Harrison blasted them ahead on six minutes, after great work from Gnonto. The Italian maestro made easy work of Semedo, as he collected the ball on the left wing, before cutting the ball back from the by-line. Harrison skipped past Jonny's diving tackle, before striking the ball first time, into the right hand corner of the net.

They doubled their advantage just after the interval. Roca's corner fell nicely to Luke Ayling, unmarked on the far post. His close range diving header, followed by his trademark cartwheel, and forward roll may not get him into the British gymnastic squad, but it sent 3000 travelling Leeds fans delirious.

Thirteen minutes later Kristensen got in on the act. He had only been on the pitch sixty seconds, when he robbed Jonny of the ball, deep in the Wolves penalty area, after a long hopeful diagonal ball from Harrison. The young Dane twisted and turned past Kilman, before firing Leeds 3-0 up with less than half an hour remaining.

A few minutes later, Wolves gave themselves hope, when Jonny's 40 yard lob reduced the deficit to two, when Meslier got caught in no-mans-land, after coming out of his area to head the ball clear. This was followed very quickly with a second after Cunha's strike took a wicked deflection off Wober. Leeds quickly regrouped, as Wolves threw everything at them for the final 15 minutes.

Their (Wolves) quest for an equaliser went from Ambitious to almost impossible when Jonny received a straight red card for almost breaking Luke Ayling's leg in half with five minutes remaining. To rub salt into the wound, Leeds grabbed a forth deep into stoppage time, when Summerville released Rodrigo on the edge of the penalty area. He skipped past Lemina, before chipping the ball past Sa.

Replays showed that Roca had tugged Traore's shorts in the build up to the goal, which incensed the Wolves bench, leading to a melee, in which unused substitute Matheus Nunez was shown a straight red card.

Line Up
Nat
Match Events
Meslier, Illan
Goalkeeper
France
Ayling, Luke
Defender
England
Koch, Robin
Defender
Germany
Wober, Max
Defender
Austria
Firpo, Junior
Defender
Dominican Republic
Roca, Marc
Midfielder
Spain
McKennie, Weston
Midfielder
USA
Harrison, Jack
Midfielder
England
Aaronson, Brenden
Midfielder
USA
Gnonto, Wilfried
Midfielder
Italy
Bamford, Patrick
Forward
England
Subs
Nat
Match Events
Kristensen, Rasmus
Defender
Denmark
Moreno, Rodrigo
Forward
Spain
Summerville, Crysencio
Midfielder
Netherlands
Struijk, Pascal
Defender
Netherlands
Cooper, Liam
Defender
Scotland
Unused Sub
Robles, Joel
Goalkeeper
Spain
Unused Sub
Sinisterra, Luis
Midfielder
Colombia
Unused Sub
Rutter, Georginio
Forward
France
Unused Sub
Gray, Archie
Midfielder
England
Unused Sub
References
LEEDSTATS: Leeds United Season 2022/2023
Sheridan Dictates: Season Statistics 2022-23
Leeds United Programme Guide: Season 2022/23
Leeds United 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion (11th Mar 2023)


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1964white wrote on 26 Mar 2023 01:33 pm

1964white wrote on 26 Mar 2023 08:03 am

No posts from 'Mental' after the Wolves game.

Hope he is OK.

1964white wrote on 24 Mar 2023 10:39 am

43 pages gone & coming to a close I suspect.

I reckon one of the longest Match Day threads, a game that wasn't generally available on TV.

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

1964white wrote on 24 Mar 2023 10:38 am

Dazzling Dave still whinging :lol:


1964white wrote on 23 Mar 2023 06:40 am

hector wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:29 pm No... he just hasn't got the athletic ability of Robbie :) :)
Funny though :lol: