Leeds dig out draw to deny Newcastle after Callum Wilson’s penalty double

13-May-2023 13:55:41 | The Guardian

When Sam Allardyce managed Newcastle his players eventually tired of hearing near constant instructions to “nullify the opposition” but a mastery of the destructive arts may still breathe new life into Leeds.

Admittedly, the survival hopes of Allardyce’s latest team remain touch and go, yet it speaks volumes that the two goals Callum Wilson scored here for Newcastle came from the penalty spot. The visitors, chasing a Champions League chasing place, are rarely rationed to so few clear-cut chances and had Patrick Bamford not missed a first-half penalty the outcome might have been very different.