Leeds United were on the wrong side of a contentious penalty decision today.
Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani appears to disagree with the decision to award Fulham a penalty during this afternoon’s 2-1 defeat at Craven Cottage.
Aleksandar Mitrovic opened the scoring from 12 yards within eight minutes after Ben White was adjudged to have fouled the Serbian hitman.
White, on a season-long loan at Leeds, put two hands on Mitrovic, who had his back to goal.
A lot of United supporters criticised their centre-back for forcing the referee into a decision, while many more have deemed it a very soft penalty.
Radrizzani appears to be in the latter bracket, posting two ‘clapping hands’ of emojis in response to a sarcastic tweet from a Leeds fan who called it a ‘stonewaller’ of a penalty.
It was the West Yorkshire club’s first defeat in 12 Championship outings, though Marcelo Bielsa’s side still have a nine-point cushion in the top two.
Nevertheless, there is clearly a sense of injustice from the travelling fans, who watched their side dominate the game in virtually every department and yet it was all for nothing.
The important thing for Leeds is that this isn’t the start of a funk. This defeat follows a 3-3 draw with Cardiff City last week, in which Bielsa’s side surrendered a three-goal lead with half-an-hour to play.
Providing the Argentine makes this an isolated defeat then they should be okay.
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