The youngster was very pleased to finally fulfill a boyhood dream.
Leeds United took on Nottingham Forest at the City Ground yesterday in a battle between two of the Championship’s in form clubs.
It was an entertaining affair and in the end the 1-1 scoreline was a fair reflection of the game.
Sam Byram scored the equaliser and Leeds could have had a better result were it not for some poor defending.
Giuseppe Bellusci and the rest of the Leeds defence were culpable. They were playing a high line in the opposing half and Nelson Oliveira took full advantage of there defensive lapse.
He got the run on the Italian, latched on to a Matt Mills ball, and rounded the out of position Marco Silvestri for 1-0.
It was a poor goal to concede and you could see that Liam Cooper was bothered by the fact Leeds only got a point after the game with this tweet:
He wasn’t the only Leeds player to take to Twitter after the game – a debutant also had a message for fans.
Lewie Coyle is one of the top young players at the club. Coyle signed a pro deal at the club in November and came on for Byram late in the game.
He was clearly pleased with the appearance:
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