Leeds United risk taker reward, Man Utd hysteria, Tanaka full-time struggle and off-camera moments | OneFootball

Leeds United’s history makers delivered again on Monday night, ending a 45-year wait for a league win at Old Trafford and deepening Manchester United’s fury at the officiating. As reported by yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk, protests over the referee and VAR followed full-time, while West Yorkshire basked.

Daniel Farke took Leeds up, then steered them into their first FA Cup semi-final since 1987, and his bold selection in Manchester, minus Anton Stach and Joe Rodon, paid off. He set a front-foot tone and his players took calculated risks in and out of possession.

Noah Okafor’s two decisive finishes will live long with Leeds fans. The second, aided by a deflection, was still a well-controlled volley. A new terrace song for the Swiss forward is already spreading on social media and could echo at Elland Road on Saturday.

Bruno Fernandes was Manchester United’s standout, yet his frustration with team-mates and officials ended with a booking for dissent and defeat. Michael Carrick had complaints about decisions, but the contest turned on intensity and errors, with United repeatedly surrendering possession and failing to stop crosses.

Half-and-half scarf wearers baffled onlookers. Rio Ferdinand’s reaction to the red card is unlikely to repair his fraught relationship with Leeds supporters, though many will have enjoyed the spectacle.

Off camera, Ethan Ampadu found the net repeatedly in shooting drills, Jayden Bogle did not. Dominic Calvert-Lewin and several team-mates high-fived a young mascot, the starters applauded towards the away end, Farke demanded sharper thinking from Okafor, then applauded Ampadu’s pressing as the hosts went down to 10. In stoppage time Ampadu waved away Cunha’s appeals, Eirik Bakke joked in the press room about Leeds’ energy, and Tanaka appeared to be nursing a knock, opting not to join Sean Longstaff in running to the away end.

Source: yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk