Football fans on Twitter have been sharing their praise for Leeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips and his pass to assist his Whites team-mate Patrick Bamford to open the scoring in their Premier League clash against Chelsea.
The midfielder played a long-range pass to put the ball into Bamford’s path who then managed to make his way around Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy and slot the ball into the home side’s goal to put Marcelo Bielsa’s side 1-0 up.
This pass from Phillips caught the attention of a lot of football fans who were not shy in sharing their thoughts on the assist.
So, what did these football fans have to say about Phillips’ pass to Bamford?
Pass from Kalvin Phillips was a beaut
— Playboi Kuti ? (@NaeemForReal) December 5, 2020
That was an absolutely outrageous pass from Phillips
— Ben (@BenM_BHAFC) December 5, 2020
My word, what a pass from Phillips to Bamford #CHELEE
— Julian Gressel (@JulianGressel) December 5, 2020
Phillips’ last assist for Leeds came back in the Yorkshire club’s opening game of their 2020/21 Premier League campaign in their 4-3 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield (per WhoScored).
Kalvin Phillips that was some pass.
— FUNK19 (@FUNK192) December 5, 2020
Kalvin Phillips with the inch-perfect pass ??
— ????Azizi Azri???? (@azizimohdazri) December 5, 2020
The pass from Kalvin Phillips was beautiful
— Dezildez (@Dezildezzz) December 5, 2020
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Can’t fault that pass from Phillips. That was inch-perfect
— JJ (@kantejnr) December 5, 2020
Looking at these tweets from this group of football fans, it’s clear to see that they were impressed by what they saw from Phillips in the build-up to Bamford’s goal.