Set-piece experts contradict BBC pundit's stance on Stach's free-kick

Leeds United's second goal at Wolves will be replayed all season but was it a worldie, a well set up set-piece move or bad goalkeeping?

- by Graham Smyth

Leeds did not find themselves in last place on the Match of the Day running order on Saturday night. They scored three goals away from home and all three were worth watching again. One in particular is going to join the Leeds United Goal of the Season contenders as the 2025/26 campaign unfolds. It will be re-watched time and time again and not just in the Stach household.

The goal came in the first half when Dominic Calvert-Lewin was fouled just outside the Wolves penalty area and Anton Stach then whipped a free-kick into the top right hand corner, beyond the despairing dive of keeper Jose Sa.

At first glance it screamed worldie. On Match of the Day, however, came the first suggestion that Sa was at fault. Pundit Danny Murphy gave Stach his dues for the strike but was adamant it should not have hit the net.