How briefly issues can exchange in soccer. Only 104 days since Jesse Marsch used to be revelling within the glory of a final-day get away on this nook of west London Ivan Toney ensured this used to be a day to overlook for the Leeds supervisor.
Toney’s good hat-trick, comprising a penalty, a very good free-kick and an audacious chip, blew Leeds away earlier than Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa wrapped up the issues in spite of comfort targets from Luis Sinisterra and Marc Roca. To compound Marsch’s frustration, the American used to be additionally despatched to the stands for protesting.
“I’ve got to figure out how to have discussion with the league to help understand how some decisions are made,” Marsch mentioned. “But we didn’t defend well and we need to learn from these situations.”
It used to be all very other from when Jack Harrison’s injury-time target stored Leeds from relegation on a nerve-shredding afternoon in May, with the all-action Toney providing Gareth Southgate, the England supervisor, a well timed reminder of his qualities.
“He missed the last one so he still has room to improve,” mentioned a joking Thomas Frank. “But off the top of my head there is not a better striker on form at the moment after Harry Kane. In my opinion he is the best penalty taker in the world – England have been in a few penalty shootouts so if they want to win one they had better pick him.”
Despite the most obvious qualities of Toney, on the other hand, the 3-0 win over Chelsea a fortnight in the past should already really feel like an entire life in the past for Marsch after this lacklustre show. There used to be an air of inevitability concerning the outcome from the instant Brentford had a case to be awarded two consequences when a protracted throw brought about of their field halfway throughout the first half of. The ball first seemed to strike Pascal Struijk’s arm earlier than falling to Toney, who used to be then clattered from in the back of via Sinisterra. Robert Jones to begin with didn’t seem to make any form of determination however a spot-kick used to be ultimately awarded after recommendation from VAR for the latter indiscretion and Toney slotted house his 18th a hit penalty from 18 makes an attempt since becoming a member of from Peterborough two years in the past.
Mbeumo then created Toney’s 2nd alternative of the afternoon that Illan Meslier did smartly to forestall along with his legs. But whilst the Leeds fanatics nearly had one thing to have a good time when Joe Gelhardt shot simply extensive after linking with Harrison, there used to be no preventing Toney’s pinpoint free-kick into the highest nook after Shandon Baptiste used to be fouled via Robin Koch at the fringe of the world.
Leeds answered via going shut when Ben Mee used to be fortunate to not flip the ball into his personal internet from Harrison’s pass earlier than Sinisterra made up for his previous indiscretion via latching directly to the Brentford defender’s mistake to tug one again at the stroke of half-time.
Harrison used to be changed via Patrick Bamford on the damage and the Leeds striker used to be into the thick of the motion immediately, miscuing his first effort earlier than being dominated offside when blank thru on target mins later. Keane Lewis-Potter will have to have restored the hosts’ two-goal cushion after a beautiful headed mixture between Mbeumo and Toney earlier than the latter rounded off his afternoon in taste.
Diego Llorente’s error supposed Meslier had no possibility however to hurry out of target however Toney nonetheless had quite a few paintings to do earlier than chipping over the stranded Koch.
Marsch’s temper didn’t reinforce when he used to be despatched to the stands when the referee waved away appeals for a penalty after Aaron Hickey seemed to drag again Crysencio Summerville at the fringe of the world. “It was a worse foul than the penalty,” insisted Marsch.
Roca gave Leeds a glimmer of hope when he bundled house however that used to be extinguished instantly when Mbeumo’s target used to be given after a protracted session, with VAR deciding Toney had now not touched the ball within the buildup.
Marsch’s distress used to be finished when the synthetic Wissa rounded off the scoring in harm time.
