Leeds United were left fuming at referee Peter Bankes following the 1-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester City on Saturday evening. For the better part of the match Leeds looked the busier side, the likes of Dominic?Calvert?Lewin keeping the City keeper on his toes, with a flurry of near?misses in the opening half. Yet the hosts never managed to turn that dominance into a lead and, and just before the break, the visitors took he lead.

There were two moments in the second half sparked the post?match fury, both of which seemed to get ignored by both the man in black, and VAR. The first came in the 57th minute when Gruev, (lying on the ground after a challenge) was stamped on by Cherki (his boot snapping down hard on Gruev’s shin.) leaving the Bulgarian International wincing in pain. Cherki was the best player on the pitch by far; so had the visitors been reduced to ten men (as per the letters of the law), Leeds would have been in a much better position to get something from the match.

The second controversy arrived in the 86th minute. Matheus?Nunes blocked a teasing cross towards Calvert?Lewin, with his outstretched arm in the penalty box, only for the referee to wave it away, leaving the Elland Road faithful angry and bewildered. When the final whistle blew, head coach?Daniel?Farke erupted. He stormed toward the officials and launched a tirade that forced Karl Darlow to step in and pull him back. He promptly received a red card for his efforts leaving Edmund Riemer to take care of the post match press conference.

VAR defended Peter Bankes after the game, insisted that the Manchester City player’s arm was in a natural position. However, had the ref awarded the spot kick, and be sent to the monitor for a second look, you'd imagine that the majority of officials would have stuck with their original decisions. Fortunately for the Whites, other results over the weekend went their way. West Ham were hammered at Anfield, Spurs lost the fourth match in a row (against Fulham) whilst Nottingham Forest too were unable to pick anything up at Brighton.

	Line Up		Nat	Match Events
	26	Darlow, Karl Goalkeeper			8.0
	2	Bogle, Jayden Defender			6.6
	3	Gudmundsson, Gabriel Defender			7.0
	6	Rodon, Joe Defender			6.3
	5	Struijk, Pascal Defender			★8.1
	24	Justin, James Defender			7.4
	4	Ampadu, Ethan Midfielder			5.0
	44	Gruev, Ilia Midfielder			5.0
	18	Stach, Anton Midfielder			8.2
	11	Aaronson, Brenden Midfielder			6.9
	9	Calvert-Lewin, Dominic Forward			6.6
	Subs		Nat	Match Events
	1	Perri, Lucas Goalkeeper		Unused Sub
	23	Bornauw, Sebastiaan Defender		Unused Sub
	15	Bijol, Jaka Defender			6.5
	8	Longstaff, Sean Midfielder		Unused Sub
	22	Tanaka, Ao Midfielder		Unused Sub
	7	James, Daniel Midfielder			5.3
	29	Gnonto, Wilfried Midfielder			6.5
	14	Nmecha, Lukas Forward			5.3
	10	Piroe, Joel Forward