Post by Taxigirl on Sept 11, 2005 10:07:17 GMT
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Venue
Elland Road
Kick-Off Time
10 September 2005 3:00pm
Attendance
21,212
Officials
Referee
Mike Pike
Pre Match
United boss Kevin Blackwell unsurprisingly kept faith with the same side that beat Norwich a fortnight ago. That of course meant Northern Ireland's hero David Healy did start, fresh from scoring that now famous goal against England. He received a warm welcome all the same from Leeds fans.
So the same back four that has now kept three successive clean sheets were again in action, whilst the midfield is now also settling into a familiar shape with Eddie Lewis and Frazer Richardson providing the threat from the flanks.
On the bench Richard Cresswell still sits patiently waiting for his first start as a Leeds United player.
The Match
It was a rip-roaring start by Leeds who had Brighton on the back foot from the start and created half a dozen very good chances before ten minutes had been played.
The onslaught began when Kelly came forward and played a ball in behind the back four that Healy latched onto straight away, but the striker couldn't quite squeeze his shot past the Brighton keeper from a narrow angle.
Then from a corner Einarsson headed the ball across the face of the area to find Healy unmarked and the he tried to hook the ball in but Henderson made a good save and Leeds couldn't profit from the loose ball inside the area.
On five minutes from a free kick 25-yards out Eddie Lewis forced Henderson to tip the ball onto his own crossbar. The two men who had enjoyed international success in the previous week were really turning it on for the Whites.
Brighton were being run ragged and an early goal looked a certainty but the Seagulls were enjoying some good fortune. They were lucky when Rob Hulse connected with a ball into the area from Derry that the ball hit the underside of the bar and came back out. Sean Gregan got hold of the ball but his shot went over.
Somehow Leeds failed to profit from their early chances and they nearly paid dearly for such wastefulness when Brighton broke after quarter of an hour played and Jake Robinson found himself goalside with just Ian Bennett to beat. Fortunately he couldn't connect properly with the ball and Bennett gathered the danger up with no pressure.
Normal service resumed though with Rob Hulse coming close to opening the scoring again as he sent a header crashing just wide after meeting Kelly's cross into the box.
Football is a game that regularly produces the bizarre and extra-ordinary, and that's just how it felt when Brighton took a surprise lead just before the half hour mark.
They broke well and Richard Carpenter managed to make a 30-yard run down the right hand flank before crossing the ball in to the middle where Leeds failed to deal with it and Leon Knight managed to stab the ball home.
After seeing the Brighton goal lead a charmed life, it was somewhat surreal to then see Ian Bennett beaten for the first time in his Leeds United career.
Even after the goal Leeds kept creating good chances and there was more disbelief when they continued to fail to put them away. Rob Hulse should have done better when he met Frazer Richardson's cross, but his header was too high.
Brighton nearly showed Leeds how to finish again when Knight chipped a great ball into the area and Dean Hammond met it well and sent his header crashing against the apex of the crossbar and post. He had been able to make his run into the area completely unmarked, and his header was from the penalty spot.
After the break an unchanged Leeds side continued to lay siege to the Brighton goal. Crosses came in from Richardson and Lewis and chances came and went. Leeds were playing some great football but there was a sense that their frustration was growing.
After the break an unchanged Leeds side continued to lay siege to the Brighton goal. Crosses came in from Richardson and Lewis and chances came and went. Leeds were playing some great football but there was a sense that their frustration was growing.
Matters took a turn for the worse when Brighton extended their lead six minutes into the second half. Again Leeds failed to deal with the quick break and eventually the ball fell to former Monaco winger Seb Carole who hit a low shot past Bennett.
As Rob Hulse saw a goalbound header blocked shortly after the Seagull's second goal, that sense of disbelief remained. United needed a goal from somewhere, and with £2m + of striking talent on the bench, it was not long before a change was made. Richard Cresswell came on for his home debut as Rob Hulse departed a frustrated man, having had three good chances to score.
Frazer Richardson who was taken off first and midfielder Jonathan Douglas made his entrance. The Republic of Ireland international was booked within a minute of coming on for bringing down Paul Reid.
Leeds finally got the break through with 65 minutes gone.
Douglas proved to be an inspired substitution when he delivered a wicked cross into the six yard box where David Healy was waiting to toe-poke it home.
There was a sense of relief around Elland Road and suddenly the temperature had been raised. Leeds had now to go for the equaliser and make up for their earlier deficencies by getting a winner.
Derry nearly got the equaliser with a drive from 17 yards after he worked some space for himself to hit the target, but the keeper made another good save.
Leeds did not have long to wait before they were celebrating the equaliser and when it came the noise nearly took the roof off Elland Road.
Who other than David Healy, as if to round off an amazing week, would it be to get the goal? The script had been written for this one since Wednesday.
Eddie Lewis's free-kick was headed back into the area where a sea of bodies appeared to rise as one to meet the ball, and eventually it fell to Healy who hooked the ball past Henderson in the Brighton goal from six yards out.
When Einarsson was hacked down on the edge of the area Leeds were screaming for a free-kick but referee Mike Pike allowed United to play on with Lewis in possession. Lewis's cross was headed goalwards by Cresswell where Henderson produced a fine save to keep it out, but it would not have counted anyway as the flag was up for offside.
Another disaster was not far from coming. Again with Leeds massively on top, Brighton snatched the lead again.
Leon Knight whipped in a low cross and Sean Gregan was the unfortunate defender who got a touch on the ball to take it past Bennett. This really was a cruel game.
With time fast running out, Healy was booked for catching Knight with a high boot.
Deep into extra time, Leeds gave it one last go at goal and came up trumps.
It took three shots on goal for it to happen - first Healy had a shot cleared off the line, then Blake had one blocked and eventually Jonathan Douglas came up with a right footed drive that beat the keeper.
Had Leeds lost this game it would have been an injustice, but there will be an inquest into the defending.
A point to keep them up with the leaders, and that unbeaten home record intact.
Venue
Elland Road
Kick-Off Time
10 September 2005 3:00pm
Attendance
21,212
Officials
Referee
Mike Pike
Leeds United
Starting XI
13Bennett, Ian
2Kelly, Gary
6Butler, Paul
15Richardson, Frazer
8Gregan, Sean
23Harding, Daniel
16Einarsson, Gylfi
21Derry, Shaun
11Lewis, Eddie
9Healy, David
10Hulse, Rob
Substitutes
1Sullivan, Neil
26Kilgallon, Matthew
20Douglas, Jonathon
25Cresswell, Richard
28Blake, Robbie
Brighton & Hove Albion
Starting XI
28Henderson, Wayne
14Butters, Guy
24McShane, Paul
2Reid, Paul
9Hart, Gary
17Carole, Sebastien
11Hammond, Dean
12Carpenter, Richard
18Jarrett, Albert
21Robinson, Jake
7Knight, Leon
Substitutes
40Chaigneau, Florent
27Elphick, Gary
6Nicolas, Alexis
10Oatway, Charlie
22Kazim-Richards, Colin
Leeds United
Jonathon Douglas, 59, Unsporting behaviour
Brighton & Hove Albion
Dean Hammond, 68, Unsporting behaviour
Colin Kazim-Richards, 90, Unsporting behaviour
Leeds United
No Substitutions Made
Brighton & Hove Albion
Albert Jarrett, 69
Colin Kazim-Richards, 69
Jake Robinson, 88
Charlie Oatway, 88
The online vote
68% David Healy
6% Jonathon Douglas
5% Matthew Kilgallon
3% Neil Sullivan
2% Gylfi Einarsson
2% Shaun Derry
2% Eddie Lewis
2% Rob Hulse
2% Gary Kelly
2% Richard Cresswell
1% Frazer Richardson
1% Ian Bennett
1% Sean Gregan
1% Robbie Blake
0% Paul Butler
0% Daniel Harding
Venue
Elland Road
Kick-Off Time
10 September 2005 3:00pm
Attendance
21,212
Officials
Referee
Mike Pike
Pre Match
United boss Kevin Blackwell unsurprisingly kept faith with the same side that beat Norwich a fortnight ago. That of course meant Northern Ireland's hero David Healy did start, fresh from scoring that now famous goal against England. He received a warm welcome all the same from Leeds fans.
So the same back four that has now kept three successive clean sheets were again in action, whilst the midfield is now also settling into a familiar shape with Eddie Lewis and Frazer Richardson providing the threat from the flanks.
On the bench Richard Cresswell still sits patiently waiting for his first start as a Leeds United player.
The Match
It was a rip-roaring start by Leeds who had Brighton on the back foot from the start and created half a dozen very good chances before ten minutes had been played.
The onslaught began when Kelly came forward and played a ball in behind the back four that Healy latched onto straight away, but the striker couldn't quite squeeze his shot past the Brighton keeper from a narrow angle.
Then from a corner Einarsson headed the ball across the face of the area to find Healy unmarked and the he tried to hook the ball in but Henderson made a good save and Leeds couldn't profit from the loose ball inside the area.
On five minutes from a free kick 25-yards out Eddie Lewis forced Henderson to tip the ball onto his own crossbar. The two men who had enjoyed international success in the previous week were really turning it on for the Whites.
Brighton were being run ragged and an early goal looked a certainty but the Seagulls were enjoying some good fortune. They were lucky when Rob Hulse connected with a ball into the area from Derry that the ball hit the underside of the bar and came back out. Sean Gregan got hold of the ball but his shot went over.
Somehow Leeds failed to profit from their early chances and they nearly paid dearly for such wastefulness when Brighton broke after quarter of an hour played and Jake Robinson found himself goalside with just Ian Bennett to beat. Fortunately he couldn't connect properly with the ball and Bennett gathered the danger up with no pressure.
Normal service resumed though with Rob Hulse coming close to opening the scoring again as he sent a header crashing just wide after meeting Kelly's cross into the box.
Football is a game that regularly produces the bizarre and extra-ordinary, and that's just how it felt when Brighton took a surprise lead just before the half hour mark.
They broke well and Richard Carpenter managed to make a 30-yard run down the right hand flank before crossing the ball in to the middle where Leeds failed to deal with it and Leon Knight managed to stab the ball home.
After seeing the Brighton goal lead a charmed life, it was somewhat surreal to then see Ian Bennett beaten for the first time in his Leeds United career.
Even after the goal Leeds kept creating good chances and there was more disbelief when they continued to fail to put them away. Rob Hulse should have done better when he met Frazer Richardson's cross, but his header was too high.
Brighton nearly showed Leeds how to finish again when Knight chipped a great ball into the area and Dean Hammond met it well and sent his header crashing against the apex of the crossbar and post. He had been able to make his run into the area completely unmarked, and his header was from the penalty spot.
After the break an unchanged Leeds side continued to lay siege to the Brighton goal. Crosses came in from Richardson and Lewis and chances came and went. Leeds were playing some great football but there was a sense that their frustration was growing.
After the break an unchanged Leeds side continued to lay siege to the Brighton goal. Crosses came in from Richardson and Lewis and chances came and went. Leeds were playing some great football but there was a sense that their frustration was growing.
Matters took a turn for the worse when Brighton extended their lead six minutes into the second half. Again Leeds failed to deal with the quick break and eventually the ball fell to former Monaco winger Seb Carole who hit a low shot past Bennett.
As Rob Hulse saw a goalbound header blocked shortly after the Seagull's second goal, that sense of disbelief remained. United needed a goal from somewhere, and with £2m + of striking talent on the bench, it was not long before a change was made. Richard Cresswell came on for his home debut as Rob Hulse departed a frustrated man, having had three good chances to score.
Frazer Richardson who was taken off first and midfielder Jonathan Douglas made his entrance. The Republic of Ireland international was booked within a minute of coming on for bringing down Paul Reid.
Leeds finally got the break through with 65 minutes gone.
Douglas proved to be an inspired substitution when he delivered a wicked cross into the six yard box where David Healy was waiting to toe-poke it home.
There was a sense of relief around Elland Road and suddenly the temperature had been raised. Leeds had now to go for the equaliser and make up for their earlier deficencies by getting a winner.
Derry nearly got the equaliser with a drive from 17 yards after he worked some space for himself to hit the target, but the keeper made another good save.
Leeds did not have long to wait before they were celebrating the equaliser and when it came the noise nearly took the roof off Elland Road.
Who other than David Healy, as if to round off an amazing week, would it be to get the goal? The script had been written for this one since Wednesday.
Eddie Lewis's free-kick was headed back into the area where a sea of bodies appeared to rise as one to meet the ball, and eventually it fell to Healy who hooked the ball past Henderson in the Brighton goal from six yards out.
When Einarsson was hacked down on the edge of the area Leeds were screaming for a free-kick but referee Mike Pike allowed United to play on with Lewis in possession. Lewis's cross was headed goalwards by Cresswell where Henderson produced a fine save to keep it out, but it would not have counted anyway as the flag was up for offside.
Another disaster was not far from coming. Again with Leeds massively on top, Brighton snatched the lead again.
Leon Knight whipped in a low cross and Sean Gregan was the unfortunate defender who got a touch on the ball to take it past Bennett. This really was a cruel game.
With time fast running out, Healy was booked for catching Knight with a high boot.
Deep into extra time, Leeds gave it one last go at goal and came up trumps.
It took three shots on goal for it to happen - first Healy had a shot cleared off the line, then Blake had one blocked and eventually Jonathan Douglas came up with a right footed drive that beat the keeper.
Had Leeds lost this game it would have been an injustice, but there will be an inquest into the defending.
A point to keep them up with the leaders, and that unbeaten home record intact.
Venue
Elland Road
Kick-Off Time
10 September 2005 3:00pm
Attendance
21,212
Officials
Referee
Mike Pike
Leeds United
Starting XI
13Bennett, Ian
2Kelly, Gary
6Butler, Paul
15Richardson, Frazer
8Gregan, Sean
23Harding, Daniel
16Einarsson, Gylfi
21Derry, Shaun
11Lewis, Eddie
9Healy, David
10Hulse, Rob
Substitutes
1Sullivan, Neil
26Kilgallon, Matthew
20Douglas, Jonathon
25Cresswell, Richard
28Blake, Robbie
Brighton & Hove Albion
Starting XI
28Henderson, Wayne
14Butters, Guy
24McShane, Paul
2Reid, Paul
9Hart, Gary
17Carole, Sebastien
11Hammond, Dean
12Carpenter, Richard
18Jarrett, Albert
21Robinson, Jake
7Knight, Leon
Substitutes
40Chaigneau, Florent
27Elphick, Gary
6Nicolas, Alexis
10Oatway, Charlie
22Kazim-Richards, Colin
Leeds United
Jonathon Douglas, 59, Unsporting behaviour
Brighton & Hove Albion
Dean Hammond, 68, Unsporting behaviour
Colin Kazim-Richards, 90, Unsporting behaviour
Leeds United
No Substitutions Made
Brighton & Hove Albion
Albert Jarrett, 69
Colin Kazim-Richards, 69
Jake Robinson, 88
Charlie Oatway, 88
The online vote
68% David Healy
6% Jonathon Douglas
5% Matthew Kilgallon
3% Neil Sullivan
2% Gylfi Einarsson
2% Shaun Derry
2% Eddie Lewis
2% Rob Hulse
2% Gary Kelly
2% Richard Cresswell
1% Frazer Richardson
1% Ian Bennett
1% Sean Gregan
1% Robbie Blake
0% Paul Butler
0% Daniel Harding