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title: "Unsung Hero: Leeds United’s Stuart Dallas goes unnoticed in thrilling draw against Cardiff City"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Uways Nisar"
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published: "2019-12-16T16:30:44Z"
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# Unsung Hero: Leeds United’s Stuart Dallas goes unnoticed in thrilling draw against Cardiff City

**Leeds United surrendered a three-goal lead as Cardiff City came back from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 against the Whites, with one player managing to go unnoticed.**

The Yorkshire side got off to a superb start as Helder Costa scored the opening goal in just the sixth minute of the game [(via BBC)](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50696228).

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Unsung-heros.png)

[Patrick Bamford](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50696228) soon made it 2-0 when he scored from close range following a cross from Stuart Dallas.

The Englishman was then on hand to make it 3-0 when ‘keeper [Neil Ethridge](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50696228) brought him down as he struck home the resulting penalty.

However, it all went pear-shaped in the second half when goals from [Lee Tomlin, Sean Morrison and Robert Glatzel](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50696228) saw the Bluebirds make an unlikely comeback, despite the side having Morrison sent-off in the 86th minute.

Bamford was on fire for Marcelo Bielsa’s side as his brace continued his rich vein of form. The 26-year-old has now scored five goals and assisted one in his last seven Championship games [(via Transfermarkt)](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/patrick-bamford/leistungsdaten/spieler/183334).

However, it was Dallas, who proved to remain anonymous with his performance at left-back for Bielsa’s side.

The Northern Irish defender proved to be a force going forward and at the back, having the joint-second most shots on goal (3), playing the joint-second most key passes (3) and making the joint-third most tackles (2) in the team [(via WhoScored)](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1381624/LiveStatistics/England-Championship-2019-2020-Leeds-Cardiff).

Leeds Live agreed with this assessment of Dallas’ performance as they gave him a seven out of 10, commenting on the two sides of his game.

They said: “Like Ayling, given licence to get forward and hurt Cardiff. Had the quick feet which won a 50-50 to launch the attack which led to the penalty.

“Just ticking over at a high level. Not entirely blameless in the foothold Cardiff got.” [(Source: Leeds Live)](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/ratings-leeds-cardiff-bamford-costa-17421144)

***Leeds fans, what do you make of Dallas’ performance against Cardiff? Let us know your thoughts!***