Daniel Farke has revealed how many times Leeds United have been apologised to this season for poor refereeing decisions.
The Whites once again missed the chance to move top of the Championship after yesterday’s defeat at Millwall with a very disappointing 0-0 draw at home to Sunderland.
Leeds once again felt aggrieved over being on the wrong end of a big call after a stonewall penalty was turned down in the second half for handball.
Joe Rodon had leapt above everyone in the box from a Crysencio Summerville corner, yet the outstretched arm of Luke O’Nien punched it clear and there was nothing doing.
Farke was also left unhappy for just the three points of added time at the end of the match, despite the vast amount of substitutions used by both sides, and how long the away side were taking from restarts.
Farke shares how many times PGMOL have apologised to Leeds this season now
Leeds certainly have to take much of the portion of the blame for another poor result but it is unacceptable for referees to miss decisions as easy as that.
He also made no attempt to speed up Sunderland’s time-wasting tactics before then going onto add just three minutes, which is an amount that has barely been seen this season.
Speaking in his post-match press conference, Farke says Leeds have now received six apologies from PGMOL for poor decisions, and is expecting another two after last night.
He said: “No and it makes no sense. In general, I never ask for reds, but act earlier with yellows because you send the message they can keep going with fouls. If there is a rule on handballs, then they should follow this.
“Player leant into the ball with their arm in the first half and the second half was not difficult to see.
Six letters with apologies this season for bad decisions. Two more now. Does not help us.
“Two penalties would have used one to win this game. Decisive moment. Credit to Sunderland, in four games they have had clean sheets. First goal is decisive and difficult.”
Penalty decision poor, but Leeds struggle again
In a promotion race as tight as this Leeds need decisions as clear as that to go their way, but ultimately it was another abject performance.
Leeds were up against a side who were happy to sit deep and soak up pressure, yet they had no answers to break them down, with just one shot on target in 90 minutes.
Much of that unfortunately has to fall at the door of Daniel Farke, as he picked the same side that was so poor at Coventry, before leaving it incredibly late to make changes.
It is likely to be more of the same against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday and failure to win that game could be curtains for Leeds’ promotion push.