When Mark Viduka set the 2003 Leeds United record that Dominic Calvert-Lewin is chasing | OneFootball

Dominic Calvert-Lewin can draw level with Mark Viduka’s Leeds United record if he scores at Crystal Palace, with the striker currently on a run of four consecutive Premier League games with a goal, one shy of the club’s five-in-a-row benchmark last achieved 22 years ago.

“He’s like a fine wine, the way he’s matured.” That was the verdict in a recent interview with BBC Sport.

In 2003, Viduka’s streak began in early March with Leeds’ goal in a 2-1 defeat at Manchester United, then he hit six across the next three matches, including a brace against Middlesbrough and a hat-trick in a 6-1 demolition of Charlton.

He almost opened the scoring against Spurs with a turn and volley that struck the post, then finished from Harry Kewell’s pass. Teddy Sheringham and former Leeds forward Robbie Keane left the hosts trailing, before Kasey Keller felled Kewell and Viduka dispatched the penalty for 2-2.

Viduka ended that campaign with 20 goals in 33 league games as a season that began under Terry Venables unravelled, with Venables and chairman Peter Ridsdale departing amid financial turmoil. There is a fair argument Leeds might have gone down a year earlier without his goals.

Leeds hope Calvert-Lewin, signed from Everton in the summer, can prove similarly talismanic in their survival fight under Daniel Farke. If he sustains his current form, he has a good chance of doing the same.

Source: Leedsunited.news