It was a night to forget for Daniel Farke’s side as Leeds limped out of the EFL Carabao Cup in a rather surprising loss and a less-than-ideal start for new boy Dominic Calvert-Lewin, which also saw an unwanted record equalled by United.
Look away now if you don’t want to shake your head for the umpteenth time in the last 24 hours…
Yes, in case you didn’t watch the knockout tie against fellow Yorkshiremen, Sheffield Wednesday – where the story was very much more about the fans protesting their much-maligned ownership – it was a lacklustre display from Leeds.
Despite a fair amount of possession and plenty of pushes into the final third, they failed to create anything concrete inside 90 minutes and after eventually going to penalties, they became just the second Premier League side ever to miss each of their spot-kicks.
One of those records that we never wanted.
— Jan Newell (@JanNewell6) August 26, 2025
Even stat-heads looked to be taken aback by the rather unlikely and unsuspected record equalled on what many expected to be a routine Tuesday night in the cup.
For those curious, the only other top-flight club to have made it through the duration of a shootout in the competition’s history without scoring a single penalty is Manchester City.
The Blues failed to find the back of the net from 12 yards in their loss to Doncaster Rovers in September 2005, and now, so too have LUFC.
Once again, the main focus was on the impressive walkout staged by the Wednesday fans at Hillsborough and the fact that the struggling Steel City club were even able to field a team; so much so, in fact, that they hung on even without most fans present.
The home side took the lead thanks to what went down as an own goal by reserve keeper Karl Darlow, but The Whites did manage to find an equaliser through Jayden Bogle just 10 minutes from full-time.
Debutant ‘DCL’ not only struggled to make an impact off the bench, missing a number of big chances, but also skied his penalty during the shoot-out.
1st one. Unlucky
— Dan Patchett (@DPatchCornwall) August 26, 2025
2nd one. Keeper deals with it
3rd one. Knew nothing about it just hit him.
The overall performance resulted in many of the travelling supporters leaving the ground even prior to the pens even starting, and a fair few boos for Farke, who remains a somewhat divisive head coach even despite promotion.
Fair to play the Owls, though: their home end was almost completely emptied out before the game even began, all in support of the greater good around the club.
A hard decision to make, but the right one, nevertheless.
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