Leeds United will have to bounce back quickly from the defeat to Manchester City as they have another difficult game. Midweek, the Whites will face Sunderland in a very important game.
Losing at Elland Road on Saturday was a particularly painful one given how the game went; Leeds dominated proceedings for most of the game and should have scored in the first half. Dominic Calvert-Lewin missed a glorious chance, while Brenden Aaronson had his 1v1 effort saved by Donnarumma.
The sucker punch came just before half time when Antoine Semenyo lost his marker in the box to tap home a cross. City were able to hold on to their lead for the rest of the game, taking away a crucial three points.
Simon Jordan gives his take on Leeds United incident
The biggest talking point from the game aside the refereeing and Daniel Farke’s red card is what happened in the middle of the match. There was a break in play for players who were fasting in Ramadan to break their fast. The break was met by boos from the Leeds fans, which has sparked a lot of conversations this weekend.
Simon Jordan was asked about it on talkSPORT, and he gave a very interesting view point about the crowd:
”The default setting will be that it’s centered in discrimination and racism rather than necessarily intolerance in the game being stopped for what was considered the opposition
”If Leeds had Muslim players and they had been part of the fasting break, would the fans have booed them?
”There’s been a leap to, a conclusion drawn by the usual suspects that this is racism and can only be racism rather than intolerance towards something that the opposition might be benefitting from rather than the home side.
”Only in the minds of the Leeds fans that booed will we actually know the motivation.”
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Discussion on Saturday’s game needs to end
The discussions from Saturday have completely overshadowed the game itself. Nobody focused on how Leeds United were able to dominate Pep Guardiola’s side for most of the match and how impressive that was. Some key player performances went unnoticed, and most importantly the refereeing decisions that went against the home side have been ignored. Simon Jordan is completely right; only Leeds fans know their reason behind their boos, and if that is the case, the conversation should not have escalated in the first place.
simon jordan a creepy little shit stir fck but how is it racist? nothing to do with race damn idiots, what we should be asking would Muslim countries and grounds accommodate Christian or other religion I think not