Derby County assistant manager Jody Morris was not pleased with Tyler Roberts’s role in the Leeds United goal against Aston Villa.
Derby County assistant manager Jody Morris has criticised Leeds United youngster Tyler Roberts on Twitter for his role in the goal for his side against Aston Villa at Elland Road.
The Championship game between Leeds and Villa on Sunday afternoon was quite interesting and controversial.
Following a goalless first half, Mateusz Klich scored for the West Yorkshire outfit under controversial circumstances on 72 minutes.
Roberts kept the ball in play despite appearing to be ready to put it out for a throw-in following an injury to Jonathan Kodjia, and then released Klich to score.
Subsequently, there were confrontations between the two sets of players, and Villa’s Anwar El Ghazi was sent off.
Cameras appeared to show that El Ghazi was wrongly dismissed for an alleged elbow on Leeds striker Patrick Bamford, who seemed to have simulated his fall.
Leeds allowed Villa to score from kickoff, with Albert Adomah tucking the ball in.
Derby assistant manager Morris was following the match, and he has given his take on the controversy during the game on Twitter.
Morris does not think that El Ghazi should have been dismissed, and the former Chelsea and Leeds midfielder has also strongly criticised 20-year-old Roberts – who can operate as a striker, winger or attacking midfielder – for his role in the home team’s goal.
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