Garth Crooks has written on BBC Sport that the Leeds United players must be hugely disappointed when West Ham United defender Craig Dawson made a goalline clearance.
West Ham got the better of Leeds 2-0 at London Stadium in the Premier League on Monday evening.
Although the Hammers were the better team over the course of the 90 minutes, Marcelo Bielsa’s side had chances and could have scored more than two goals.
Patrick Bamford missed an easy chance, and Leeds were also denied by the frame of the Hammers’ goal. There was VAR controversy as well.
Dawson was one of the better players on the pitch. The defender scored a brilliant headed goal and also made a fantastic goalline clearance to deny Leeds.
Former Tottenham Hotspur and West Bromwich Albion forward Crooks has included Dawson in his BBC Premier League Team of the Week, and has said that the Leeds players would have been disappointed to see his clearance.
Crooks wrote on BBC Sport: “Another solid game from Craig Dawson in a West Ham shirt. The former Watford and West Brom defender has slotted into the Hammers back line effortlessly. Dawson has always been a threat in the opposition’s penalty area especially on set plays, and so it proved against Leeds United.
“However, it was his clearance off the line that must have sickened Leeds and put any chance of getting back into the game to bed.”
Stats
According to WhoScored, Dawson took two shots, had a pass accuracy of 66.7%, won two headers, took 34 touches, and made one interception and three clearances against Leeds.
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