Lee Hendrie reacts to ‘controversial’ Patrick Bamford incident in Leeds United v Rotherham
In response to Patrick Bamford’s “controversial” celebration after Leeds United defeated Rotherham United on Saturday, February 10, Lee Hendrie responded.
In a match against the bottom-dwelling team in the Championship, Bamford claimed to have had the final touch, with the ball maybe bouncing off his arm, and the Whites took the lead after just ten minutes at Elland Road.
Phil Hay afterwards speculated that visiting defender Sean Morrison might have provided the finishing touch, but Hendrie said away goalkeeper Viktor Johansson was left “furious” in a live interview on Sky Sports Soccer on Saturday at 3:13 p.m.
“This is controversial by the way, we have to look at this because Patrick Bamford’s claiming the goal,” Hendrie said.
“They work it brilliantly from defence, Rodon plays the ball out to Kamara on the left-hand side, Firpo overlaps, he whips the ball across it’s a big deflection but you can clearly see that Bamford puts his arm out as the ball comes into the box.
“It looks really slight on the deflection. Viktor Johansson is furious, the goal’s given and Leeds are 1-0 up.”
Crysencio Summerville scored twice in the second half as Leeds went on to win 3-0.
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Even while there may be some disagreement, the reality is that the referee and his officials should be in charge of policing these occurrences; Leeds and Bamford are not qualified to do so. That’s just the way things work.
Furthermore, it’s not like Leeds has never had poor decisions work against them. Who are we to judge morality when it comes to contentious referee rulings?
The plain truth is that, in order to succeed in automatic promotion, you occasionally need to be lucky. If this is the case in this instance, Leeds, the team’s supporters, and Daniel Farke should all be extremely happy.
When everything works out well for the team, you have to be glad about it for the time being because eventually a decision will go against them.