Ten controversial judgments that cost Leeds United this season – Tech Ballad

The promotion to the Leeds United Premier League on Saturday failed, as the Whites suffered a second defeat in the league in a row, losing 1-0 to Lifus Road.

a controversial 20-minute hit by Naki Wells was enough to seal all three points of Londoners, leaving head coach Marcelo Bielsa scratching his head about how his team suddenly ended up in such a rut.

But Leeds third defeat on his back in the league and cup was certainly not without controversy.

It is understood that Leeds was adamant that Wellss goal should have been banned for handball. Eberechis free kick Eze deviated from Leeds wall and bounced into Wellss path, but the ball clearly hit the borrowed man Burnley before he reached his feet.

It is not surprising that the players, the coaching staff and Leeds supporters were unhappy with this decision, especially when the fact that if the VAR acted in the second echelon would be canceled.

This decision in West London was not the first controversial call for refereeing that went against the Bielsa team this season with many challenges against Leeds as the season ended.

Here, LeedsLive has carefully studied the biggest calls against Leeds since the start of the campaign

After a superb first day of a 1-3 victory over Bristol City in Ashton Gate, Leeds returned to Elland Road next weekend to host the seasons home game against Nottingham Forest.

The game ended with a score of 1: 1, Lewis Grabban canceled rookie Pablo Hernandez. But the competition was not without controversy, with two big decisions going against the Whites.

First, the scorer Grabban looked like he obviously played Leeds skipper Liam Cooper in preparation for the goal. Then Stuart Dallas was hit late inside the box by left-back Forest defender Jack Robinson. Both decisions went against the Bielsa troops, with the goal of being abandoned, and penalties were rejected by referee Robert Jones.

After two key judgments against Leeds at Forests house, the whites were able to get another bad call when they met Salford City in the first round of the Carabao Cup just three days later.

The whites, who have since been knocked out of the competition after losing to Stoke City in the second round on the penalty spot, comfortably sent the new EFL guys, winning 3-0 at Moore Lane thanks to the goals of Eddie Nketia, his first in the club. , Berardi and Mateusz Klich.

But the Championship club should have been given the opportunity to add a fourth goal to his nightly job when Joy Harrison apparently managed to get his shirt in the box from Joey Jones. Referee Keith Stroud was motionless and dismissed white protests.

The third game of the week and another interesting refereeing decision went against Leeds. In this case, when the Whites were desperate to return to the winning paths in the league after failing with the Nottingham Forest a week earlier, it was a handball incident that dominated after talking after the match.

Hernandez center from the right flank clearly hit the outstretched arm of Wigan Athletic left defender Anthony Robinson, while Leeds players and supporters in the goal post screamed for a penalty.

Fortunately for Leeds, the damage has already been done, already at 2: 0 thanks to a pair of Patrick Bamford on both sides of the break.

Another game, another controversial challenge.

This time it was another handball incident with United, although, fortunately, it did not cost them too much. On this occasion, it was the midfielder Klich, who is on international duty with Poland this week, who led the protests of the whites, because he felt that his blow hit the hand of central defender Brentford Julian Janvier, with the game still balanced 0-0 .

But the refusal of Andy Davis, the referee, to award White with the first fine of the season should not have been too expensive, since White found nine minutes later the most important breakthrough through the replacement of Eddie Nketia, hitting Helder Costa with his cross in his homeland.

After navigating a series of Championship matches without a controversial decision against them, Leeds was one of the worst that you will see for the entire season against Millwall in The Den in October.

Gaetano Berardi was sent to the Lair(Image: Christopher Lee / Getty Images)

When the game was only 14 minutes, referee James Lenington made a controversial call to fire central defender Berardi, who replaced injured Liam Cooper when he was accused of having shot down Millwall striker Tom Bradshaw inside the box.

But the replays clearly showed that the Bradshaw, previously owned by Barnsley, threw himself on the floor in an attempt to win the Lions ahead of schedule. Berardi made minimal contact, if any, and Linington awarded a penalty, which was duly converted by Jed Wallace, resulting in a 2-1 win for Londoners.

After Bradshaw doubled Millwalls lead, Leeds began to return to the game immediately after the break when Ezjan Alioski hit the ball back. But despite all the dominance of the second half of the whites, they could not find the equalizer, since the red card clearly influenced the hopes of the Bielsa team to record the second victory in a row and head for the international breakthrough of the table.

Berardis red card was canceled by the FA.

After a 1-1 draw at Preston North End for a week, Leeds made a short jump to Hillsboro to meet with Sheffield on Wednesday in late October.

And this is what turned out to be a very interesting affair in Yorkshire, when both sides did their best to try to claim their bragging rights, another big call for judging went against Leeds.

A player from the team of Brighton and Hove Albion Ben White shot in the penalty area of the Owl striker Atde Nuhiu in the 19th minute. But the referee Tim Robinson was indifferent and did not appoint a penalty for White.

After seven weeks without a big call against Leeds, they were supposed to be on the receiving side of another dubious call during their dramatic 3-3 draw with Cardiff City in mid-December.

During the first half of the competition with the Blue Bird, Leeds, already in two stages at this stage, felt that he was supposed to get a penalty when Costa was thrown a somersault by Joe Bennett.

Another week, another shocking challenge against Leeds.

The Leeds clash with Fulham at Craven Cottage didnt even show the clock ticking double digits by the time Judge Robinson pointed out one of the mildest penalties you have ever seen.

Bobby Dekordova-Raid fell under the weak blow of Ben White, Robinson scored a penalty, and Aleksandar Mitrovich removed it.

From that day, Leeds received an official apology from FA for awarding a direct hit.

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New Year, the same old story on the refereeing front for Leeds.

Leeds traveled to the Hawthorns to meet West Brom on New Years Day and demanded a 1-1 draw when Patrick Bamford canceled an early recruit, Seven Ajaya.

But the Whites thought they were worth the penalty when Luke Ailings cross hit the outstretched arm of player Baggy, who could have come a long way to the Whites with two extra points.

Of course, the very last serious decision to oppose Leeds came just recently, on Saturday, when Wellss 20-minute debut for QPR on Loftus Road clearly came off both hands in preparation for the goal.

Eberechis free kick Eze struck the wall, reflected in Wells way, and before the ball fell into his legs, he hit both hands.

And this was not the only important topic for the conversation against Leeds, when the whites felt that they should have received early punishment when Costa went down the gate in the box.

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