LEEDS UNITED MUST BE FEELING CHIPPER TODAY, AFTER THEIR EXCELLENT MATCH AGAINST MAN UNITED LAST NIGHT, MAKING 386 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, 4 CORNERS, 15 SHOTS AND 5 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A BRILLIANT BRACE FROM NOAH OKAFOR AT 5 MINS., AND 29 MINS. RESPECTIVELY. MAN UNITED MADE 418 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 11 CORNERS, (52% POSSESSION), AND 16 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON-TARGET. INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM CASEMIRO AT 69 MINS! BUT JUST BEFORE THAT, THERE WAS A BIZARRE INCIDENT WHEN LISANDRO MARTINEZ WAS GIVEN A RED CARD FOR PULLING DOMINIC-CALVERT LEWIN’S HAIR, WHICH MAN UNITED BOSS MICHAEL CARRICK SAID WAS A “SHOCKING DECISION – ONE OF THE WORST REFEREEING DECISIONS HE HAD SEEN” – SAYING HE PULLED ON HIS HAIR TO STEADY HIMSELF, AND THE BOBBLE CAME OUT, AND HE ENDED UP TOUCHING THE BACK OF HIS HAIR!! (BELOW) SO, THE JURY’S OUT ON THAT ONE! (HAIR-PULLING DOES SEEM TO BE A DEFINITE NO-NO IN THE RULES OF FOOTBALL THOUGH – MAYBE THE RULES NEED MORE CLARITY – THE GIRLS WILL KNOW!😊) SO, THE MATCH ENDED IN A 2 – 1 WIN TO LEEDS, HANDING THEM THEIR FIRST LEAGUE WIN OVER MANCHESTER UNITED SINCE 2002, AND A FIRST AT OLD TRAFFORD SINCE 1981, AND MOVED THEM TO 36 POINTS – (A 6 POINT BUFFER BETWEEN THEM AND THE RELEGATION ZONE!) AND WITH 6 MATCHES LEFT IT WAS HAPPY DAYS FOR LEEDS!
PREMIER LEAGUE : MANCHESTER UNITED VS LEEDS UNITED – 13/04/2026
MICHAEL CARRICK SAYS THE RED CARD WAS A “SHOCKING DECISION”
DANIEL FARKE SAYS “I WASN’T REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THE RED CARD”
