Everyone has their off days, don’t they? Sometimes those bad days at the office do come at the wrong time, though, and that’s what happened for Liam Cooper yesterday as his errors led to both Sheffield United’s goal and the sending off of his goalkeeper Kiko Casilla in a game that may well prove crucial come to the end of the season.
RED CARD: Casilla….#lufc
— Phil Hay (@PhilHay_) March 16, 2019
As Leeds prepared for their early kick-off against Sheffield United the emphasis would have been on Liam Cooper and Pontus Jansson doing their utmost to keep the Blades out as with Chris Wilder’s side’s defensive record, making sure they don’t concede would at least guarantee Marcelo Bielsa a point. However, it wasn’t to be and Cooper was robbed by Billy Sharp in the leadup to Chris Basham’s goal.
In truth, this season has been a spectacular one for Cooper. The defender came into the season on the back of what can only be described as a nightmare campaign after the White’s collapsed in the second half of the 2017/18 season and question marks were raised over his quality. Now, though those doubts seem to have been put to bed, and whilst the fans weren’t happy with him yesterday one bad display won’t undo the good work he’s done this year.
You can read the Whites’ thoughts on Cooper here:
Ffs cooper
— Ludda (@Ludda_1) March 16, 2019
Sry to say cooper was to blame for the goal and the sending off. But we would of probably lost by more without him so keep the faith before everyone starts having a go at him yes really bad day at the office but let’s move on to the next game MOT
— Ricky Ossitt (@Rossitt77) 16 March 2019
Cooper at fault yes but let’s not start jumping all over him or the team. 1 point in it, 8 games to go
— Benn (@LUFCbenn) 16 March 2019
Well this couldn’t be going much worse
— Mark Devaney (@markwd1) 16 March 2019
Liam cooper handed them the game here
— Liam Rumsey (@LiamRumsey64) 16 March 2019
https://twitter.com/MoltenGFC/status/1106923354286641152
Absolutely scandalous from Liam Cooper, captains are supposed to lead under pressure, he's bottled it!
— Jamie Abbott (@Jamie_A01) March 16, 2019
The Whites were far from happy with Cooper when he made his blunder, but a solid display against Millwall next time out would put that nightmare behind him.
