Ban called for after ‘criminal offence’ during Leeds United loss to Aston Villa
The atmosphere among Leeds United fans continued to deteriorate after the latest defeat at Elland Road on Sunday.
Leeds were beaten 2-1 after Aston Villa came from behind, with Morgan Rogers’ double cancelling out Lukas Nmecha’s scrappy opener from a Sean Longstaff free kick.
The loss made it three on the spin in the Premier League and ramped up pressure around manager Daniel Farke’s Leeds job.
Supporters were clearly unhappy with the second-half proceedings against Villa as the home side lost their lead and at one stage a fan entered the pitch from the West Stand in an attempt to approach the Leeds dug-out.
Keith Hackett says Leeds fan should have been arrested
Former PGMOL boss and ex-Premier League referee Keith Hackett has condemned the actions of the lone supporter.
He is clear that Leeds should issue a ban against the fan and that an arrest should have been made at the time.
He said: “It is a criminal offence for a fan to enter the field of play. So having been prevented from confronting a member of Leeds United staff the fan should have been handed over to the police in order for an appropriate arrest and charge to be made.
“Obviously Leeds United should take action by banning the fan from Elland Road.
“Whilst I understand fans’ frustration with the Leeds manager, equally [however] frustrated this does not excuse this fan’s behaviour.“
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After the Whites lost at Brighton and Nottingham Forest back to back before the international break all eyes turned to getting a result against Villa ahead of the daunting run of games against Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool.
For the first 45 minutes it appeared Farke had done exactly what he needed to do to get his players to save his job.
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The German’s players were relentless for much of the half, even if the goal itself had a major slice of fortuned attached to it.
But after the break the game was turned on its head precious points went begging, with a trip to the Etihad next up on Saturday potentially defining for Farke.
City might not be the juggernaut of years past currently but if Erling Haaland is on his game the scoreline could get ugly, and potentially force the 49ers‘ hand on a change.
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