{"id":296136,"date":"2023-11-24T23:25:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T23:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=296136"},"modified":"2023-11-24T23:25:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T23:25:44","slug":"rotherham-1-1-leeds-hakeem-odoffin-scores-equaliser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/rotherham-1-1-leeds-hakeem-odoffin-scores-equaliser\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotherham 1-1 Leeds: Hakeem Odoffin scores equaliser"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wasteful Leeds blew the chance to close the gap on Championship leaders Leicester to five points after being held by struggling Rotherham.<\/p>\n
Daniel Farke\u2019s men charged into a sixth-minute lead with a clinically-executed strike from Crysencio Summerville, who curled in his sixth goal in eight games.<\/p>\n
From there Leeds should have pressed home their advantage but chances came and were spurned before Rotherham levelled shortly before the break through Hakeem Odoffin.<\/p>\n
It was the managerless Millers\u2019 only shot on target during the opening 45 minutes and poured confidence into them as the second half kicked off.<\/p>\n
Rotherham\u2019s last game before the international break saw them stuffed 5-0 at Watford which saw Matt Taylor axed and assistant Wayne Carlisle placed in interim charge.<\/p>\n
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Hakeem Odoffin scored the equaliser for Rotherham United as they drew 1-1 with Leeds United<\/p>\n
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Crysencio Summerville (right) celebrates with\u00a0Georginio Rutter (left) after opening the scoring<\/p>\n
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Summerville put Leeds in front against Rotherham with just six minutes of the game played<\/p>\n
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Failure to beat Rotherham was a major setback to Farke\u2019s side who arrived in South Yorkshire having won six of their past seven Championship games.<\/p>\n
Rotherham: <\/span>Johansson, Peltier, Morrison, Ayala, Bramall, Onyedinma, Odoffin, Tiehi, Revan (Lembikisa 72), Rathbone (Lindsay 90), Nombe (Hugill 72)<\/p>\n Subs: <\/span>Darlow, Ayling, Byram, Gruev<\/p>\n Goal: <\/span>Odoffin 45\u00a0<\/p>\n Leeds:<\/span>\u00a0Meslier, Gray, Rodon, Cooper (Struijk 80), Firpo (Gnonto 70), Ampadu, Kamara (Poveda 70), James (Anthony 85), Piroe, Summerville, Rutter (Bamford 70)<\/p>\n Subs: <\/span>Kelly, Appiah, McGuckin, Eaves, Hall, Phillips\u00a0<\/p>\n Goal:<\/span> Summerville 6\u00a0<\/p>\n That outstanding run had marked them out as the division\u2019s form team and they should have capitalised on their first-half chances with further goals.<\/p>\n Leeds led after good work from Glen Kamara in midfield and he found Georginio Rutter, whose delightful first-time pass found Summerville in space inside the left channel.<\/p>\n The Dutch winger advanced into Rotherham\u2019s 18-yard box and showed poise and precision to curl his shot into the far corner of Viktor Johansson\u2019s net.<\/p>\n Leeds\u2019 raucous travelling contingent celebrated wildly and Farke\u2019s side began to motor.<\/p>\n Summerville proved a constant menace on the left flank and Rutter, Dan James and Joel Piroe also showed flashes of attacking promise.<\/p>\n Leeds can often prove deadly on the counter-attack and one such break midway through the first half should have led to a second goal.<\/p>\n James broke into the box at pace but could only blaze his shot high and wide of Johansson\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n Chances continued to proliferate for the visitors as Summerville had a shot well blocked by Johansson after being played in by Piroe.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Leeds boss Daniel Farke was frustrated as he watched side dropped points against Rotherham<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Odoffin of Rotherham challenges for the ball with Joel Piroe of Leeds United<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Leeds’ Archie Gray (left) looks to retain possession under pressure from Ollie Rathbone<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jaidon Anthony had a last minute goal ruled out for offside to cut short Leeds celebrations<\/p>\n Eight minutes before the break, Kamara collected a neat pass from Summerville but could only fire into the side netting.<\/p>\n As half-time approached, poor defending from Leeds saw them fail to clear their lines and the ball dropped to Odoffin who lashed in a low-left foot shot.<\/p>\n After the break, Leeds captain Liam Cooper cleared a shot from Sam Nombe off the line and in the final quarter Illan Meslier repelled Fred Onyedinma\u2019s low strike.<\/p>\n In the last minute, Leeds thought they had pilfered the points as substitute Jaidon Anthony fired home but the celebrations were cut short by a raised offside flag.<\/p>\n It’s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n Source: Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rotherham 1-1 Leeds: Daniel Farke’s side blow chance to close on Championship leaders… as\u00a0Hakeem Odoffin’s strike earns the managerless Millers a point in the Yorkshire […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nIT’S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n