Rotherham United 1 Leeds United 2: YEP player ratings
YEP writer Phil Hay provides his Leeds United player ratings on the back of the 2-1 away win against Rotherham United. Do you agree with his choices?
Rob Green
From nowhere the game was all around him in the dying stages. Couldn’t repel Richard Wood’s effort but somehow kept the injury-time scramble at bay. 7/10
Luke Ayling
Tidy enough but has been more dangerous and inventive going forward in games of 11 versus 11. 7/10
Liam Cooper
Filled big shoes as Pontus Jansson’s stand-in and didn’t look like a centre-back who’d been on the bench for many weeks. 7/10
Kyle Bartley
The problem for Monk didn’t lie amongst his defence. Bartley and Cooper ran a tight ship at the back. 8/10
Charlie Taylor
Teed up the opening goal with a lovely run and pass, and showed more urgency than others in United’s side. 7/10
Eunan O’Kane
Some clever passes were interspersed with some sloppy play and Leeds very nearly paid for their casual attitude. 5/10
Kalvin Phillips
A match in which he could have pulled the strings but Monk’s midfield failed to provide enough intensity or direction. 5/10
Hadi Sacko
The red card should have given him carte blanche to cut loose but his touch was off and nothing happened for him. 5/10
Kemar Roofe
Showed some class in a central role and seemed much happier there. A positive from a lethargic encounter. 6/10
Souleymane Doukara
Took his goal extremely well and Leeds needed it. That aside, he didn’t shine too often out wide. 6/10
Chris Wood
Poached the opener with an intelligent run and did his best to give Leeds a focal point up front. 7/10
Substitutes:
Stuart Dallas (for Doukara, 63) - Found it as hard as Doukara to make regular inroads into the Millers’ defence. 5/10
Marcus Antonsson (for Roofe, 73) - Unable to get into the contest, particularly once Rotherham started to fight back. 5/10
Gaetano Berardi (for Sacko, 90) - Dug in like the rest through five minutes of injury-time. 5/10
Subs (not used): Marco Silvestri, Alex Mowatt, Matt Grimes, Ronaldo Vieira..
Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire) - Picked out Odemwingie’s elbow which, over 90 minutes, was the biggest decision of the lot. 7/10
Attendance: 10,513
Rotherham United:
Lee Camp - 5
Stephen Kelly - 4
Richard Wood - 7
Dominic Ball - 7
Darnell Fisher - 5
Greg Halford - N/A
Isaiah Brown - 6
Joe Newell - 5
Tom Adeyemi - 6
Peter Odemwingie - 0
Danny Ward - 5
Substitutes:
Will Vaulks (for Halford, 4) - 6
Lewis Price (for Camp, 36) - 5
Anthony Forde (for Newell, 76) - 5