Felix Wiedwald didn’t cover himself in glory for one of Leeds United’s conceded goals.
Leeds United kicked off their Championship campaign with a hard-fought 3-2 win at Bolton Wanderers this evening.
The Whites, under new head coach Thomas Christiansen for the first time, were flying by the half-hour mark as goals from Kalvin Phillips and Chris Wood sent Leeds 2-0 ahead.
Gary Madine threw Bolton a lifeline on 39 minutes, but a second from Phillips three minutes later restored United’s two-goal cushion.
Adam Le Fondre smashed home a 67th-minute penalty to put the jitters among Christiansen’s side, but they held out to secure an opening-day victory.
The new boss named four of Leeds’ new boys in the starting XI, but goalkeeper Felix Wiedwald was questionable in Madine’s first-half header as he looked to have been caught under a deep, in-swinging corner kick.
And Tony Dorigo, who spent six years at Elland Road in the 1990s, questioned the German keeper’s actions on Twitter during the match.
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