Don Goodman has shared what he noticed Joel Piroe do immediately after Crysencio Summerville put Leeds United in front from the penalty spot against Hull City on Monday night.
Daniel Farke’s men are not making it easy for us if they are going to get out of the Championship at the first time of asking. Leeds needed two goals in the final 10 minutes to earn the three points against an impressive Hull side at Elland Road.
Thankfully for Leeds, Regan Slater decided to have a moment to forget when he fouled Crysencio Summerville inside the penalty area in the 87th minute.
Joel Piroe had only just come on and was the man to put the ball on the penalty spot. However, just as he steadied himself, Summerville emerged and took the ball off him, insisting that he would be the one to take the kick.
How Joel Piroe reacted after Crysencio Summerville scored Leeds’ penalty
Piroe, understandably, was upset to have the ball taken off him. Fortunately, Summerville was able to roll the ball into the back of the net to send Elland Road into a frenzy.
And shortly after, Don Goodman shared on Sky Sports (broadcast on 1/4; 21:45) what he noticed Piroe do as the goal was scored.
“Fair play to Joel Piroe, he went over to Summerville and celebrated. He wasn’t happy about not taking it,” he said.
Pressure was enormous
It was remarkable that Summerville was prepared to do that. It was already a massive penalty in our season with the top three starting to pull away from Southampton. So the pressure was immense.
But that increased considerably when Summerville took the ball off of Piroe.
It was an ugly incident, and it would have done nothing for the supporters’ nerves at that stage of the game.
But Leeds now have a huge three points in the bag. So you would hope that Summerville and Piroe will be able to quickly move on from the incident.