Proud Farke blasts 'soft' free-kick decision but hails 'valuable' point

Leeds United boss Daniel Farke said attention to detail and a "soft" free-kick award cost his team a win over Bournemouth after a performance that made him proud.

- by Graham Smyth

Leeds United's Gabriel Gudmundsson, left, battles with Bournemouth's Marcus Tavernier during the 2-2 draw between the sides at Elland Road on Saturday.

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The full-time whistle was met with a mixture of emotions for Leeds after a 2-2 draw.

Before the game a point would have been seen as a good result but having missed good chances and having led from the 54th minute to the 93rd, they came agonisingly close to a victory.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin could have put his side 1-0 up inside the first 20 seconds when he was played clean through but squandered that chance and two others inside the opening 20 minutes.

Leeds went behind to Antoine Semenyo's powerful free-kick but recovered to level through Joe Rodon's header from a Sean Longstaff corner.

That particular combination was a feature of Leeds' set-piece play all afternoon as Longstaff emerged as a new delivery man from the dead ball.

But it was from open play that they took the lead, Longstaff lashing in a beautiful strike after a period of pressure from the hosts.

Bournemouth struggled to break Farke's side down as the second half went on but Leeds could not keep them out forever.

Pascal Struijk lost the aerial battle with Marcos Senesi and Eli Junior Kroupi was free at the back stick to sidefoot a volley past Karl Darlow for a 93rd minute sucker punch.