Leeds United 3-1 Burnley: Stuart Dallas shows wonderful gesture to Whites fan
Leeds United returned to winning ways with a fantastic 3-1 victory over Burnley in the Premier League clash on Sunday.
Goals from Jack Harrison, Stuart Dallas and Dan James sealed all three points for the Whites at Elland Road.
Phil Hay notes that after the game a fan entered the pitch and greeted Dallas, who accepts the reception and blesses him.
The Athletic journo writes on Twitter: “Young fan runs onto the pitch to hug Dallas. Dallas, bless him, tries to shepherd the kid to safety before security can collar him.”
Wonderful gesture
Dallas is loved by the Leeds fans. The Whites fans supported the team thick and thin during their bad phase recently, and Dallas shows what they mean to the players.
It was a brilliant collective effort, but Dallas deserves extra credit.
He soaked up the occasion on his 250th appearance for the club. The versatile player has shown time and again that he is a different beast in big games. Today was no exception.
To keep his composure and hit the target from that position deserve rich praise, although there might be a slight deflection on the way.
And when James scored with a late header, it left the Elland Road faithful in absolute pandemonium. Marcelo Bielsa hugged his staff members, as his side moved eight points clear of the relegation zone.
There were some brilliant individual performances today with the likes of Robin Koch and Adam Forshaw being superb. Luke Ayling was brilliant while Joe Gelhardt was once again impressive with his cameo role.
In other Leeds United news, the Whites want to sign this “fantastic” French midfielder in January with him set to quit his club.