Sheffield Wednesday 2 Leeds United 0: YEP player ratings

Marco Silvestri

Didn’t need to concede the corner before Wednesday’s first goal and shipped their second with a feeble fumble. His kicking caused problems too. 3/10

Scott Wootton

Wednesday might have been expected to target him as Ryan Fraser did at Ipswich last week but they got very little change out of Wootton. 6/10

Giuseppe Bellusci

Forestieri clearly had it in mind to get in Bellusci’s face and unsettle him. There were times when those tactics worked but Bellusci never lost his head completely. 6/10

Liam Cooper

Looked like he had scored late on, only for Taylor to intervene. Hooper got the better of Leeds’ defence, albeit helped by Silvestri. 6/10

Charlie Taylor

Gave the ball away more than he usually does and wasn’t particularly effective in Wednesday’s half of the pitch. 5/10

Liam Bridcutt

Some of his passing was hit-and-miss and Forestieri was a bit too free outside United’s box but he created some good momentum in patches. 6/10

Stuart Dallas

One of Leeds’ better players. His service from the left was decent but no-one was able to do anything with it. 7/10

Luke Murphy

Went looking for the ball and tried to get on it, to decent effect in the first half. But the game got away from him after the break. 6/10

Lewis Cook

Took up excellent positions inside the box but let himself down by swinging rashly at the ball. Had to score at least one of his opportunities. 6/10

Mustapha Carayol

Ran himself into the ground and caused a bit of trouble in the first half but his better moments were fleeting. 5/10

Souleymane Doukara

Presented with a sitter before half-time and it’s those moments which underline the shortcomings Leeds have up front. 5/10

Substitutes:

Alex Mowatt (for Carayol, 70) - Teed up Cooper’s ‘finish’ and then almost laid on a goal for Wootton with the retaken free-kick. Leeds need more of that. 6/10

Mirco Antenucci (for Murphy, 75) - It was surprising that Antenucci didn’t come on earlier. In small moments his threat was evident. 5/10

Subs (not used): Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Lewie Coyle, Sol Bamba, Tom Adeyemi, Lee Erwin.

Sheffield Wednesday:

Lewis Price - 6

Jack Hunt - 6

Vincent Sasso - 6

Glenn Loovens - 5

Daniel Pudil - 6

Ross Wallace - 6

Keiran Lee - 6

Sam Hutchinson - 7

Barry Bannan - 6

Fernando Forestieri - 7

Gary Hooper - 8

Substitutes:

Lucas Joao (for Forestieri, 77) - 5

Jeremy Helan (for Wallace, 82) - 5

Jose Semedo (for Hooper, 87) - 5

Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire) - Embarrassing. He’ll cringe when he watches his handling of Cooper’s effort back. Wednesday were also aggrieved with his inability to play advantage. 2/10

Attendance: 23,909