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Report: Manager makes claim about what Leeds player allegedly did

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Blackburn Rovers boss Tony Mowbray has made the sensational claim that Luke Ayling had supposedly said to one of his players that the decision to award Leeds United with a penalty was ’embarrassing’.

According to a report by LeedsLive, Mowbray claimed that the right-back had admitted to one of his players that he was ’embarrassed’ by the penalty decision that resulted in Leeds going 1-0 up in Saturday’s clash.

The Blackburn boss was very vocal about the result, with LeedsLive quoting the following statements about the penalty decision and the match:

“The penalty was out of context of the game really. Luke Ayling’s even told one of our players that he was embarrassed by the penalty decision, but there you go. What can you do? It’s hard to take when you don’t get anything, but it’s another defeat, it’s frustrating, but we have to get on with things.

“Whilst they’re a good team, you felt the momentum turn a little bit despite us playing a lot of the game out of possession of the ball.”

Ayling, who was “fouled” by Tosin Adarabioyo for the penalty, has recently been given a rather unfortunate nickname in recent times, which may have helped him win this particular spot-kick as well. Yorkshire Evening Post chief Graham Smyth dubbed him with the “Ayling flop” and it appears he may have gotten away with another decision – should Mowbray’s comments be proven correct.

However, although that goal would have had an impact on the game and the overall result, let’s not forget how much we had actually dominated the game and appeared to be the better team.

Leeds dominated Blackburn in the possession stats, having a total of 67.8% of the ball. The Peacocks also outperformed the Rovers in shots, pass success and player ratings, with Blackburn only having more corners (they was also dispossessed more) – as per WhoScored.

When looking at the stats, Rovers should think themselves lucky that it was only 2-1, as having nearly 70% meant we had plenty of chances to build on our goals scored column, however, sadly this wasn’t the case for us.

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