A lot of Leeds United fans have flocked to a post showing footage from last season.
The video is from Leeds’ controversial 1-1 draw with Aston Villa and shows the aftermath of Mateusz Klich’s goal. (0:48)
The Whites looked like they were going to put the ball out of play so a Villa player could receive some medical attention (0:35), but they played on, and Klich scored to give Leeds the lead.
This sparked a mass brawl (0:50), and, in that fight, Patrick Bamford threw Conor Hourihane to the floor, footage of which was shared on Twitter.
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This has drawn a big reaction from many Whites fans.
https://twitter.com/calebg_2312/status/1244033852160516096
I’m Irish and Conor hails from Cork and plays for Ireland. But I was so proud of Patrick Bamford for putting him in his place. Well done Patrick. He deserved it.
— Mark Doyle (@BuzzDoyle) March 29, 2020
Man handled him like a rag doll
— Castor Troy (@Lister2011) March 29, 2020
Only way he could make that better is if he put Grealish to the floor as well ?
— Craig Jackson (@CraigJa19776542) March 29, 2020
My man floored him with one arm and then walked away casually afterwards ???
— Shauna Yates (@Shortieyates04) March 29, 2020
Hourihane goin down as easy as villa
— Niall wright (@Niallwright5) March 29, 2020
This all started with the complete over reaction of the Villa players to Mateusz
— Richard Lang (@richardlang05) March 29, 2020
@brandonako123 Even Bamford hates Villa
— OneMan Armystead (@1ManArmytstead) March 29, 2020
What do we think?
Following this incident, Bamford later fooled the referee into thinking Anwar El Ghazi had hit him and the Dutchman was sent off.
The FA later retrospectively punished Bamford for his involvement in this incident, though his wrestling move on Hourihane went unpunished.
After this goal was awarded, Marcelo Bielsa ordered his team to let Aston Villa score to make up for their controversial goal. (0:55)
Pontus Jansson tried to stop it (1:00), and that is thought to be one of the reasons why Bielsa sold him last summer.
The whole game was very odd, and we think it was summed up by Bamford slamming Hourihane into the ground.