Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s incredible goalscoring run continued as he found the net in a sixth consecutive Premier League game to secure Leeds a 1-1 draw at Sunderland.
The striker, who now has seven goals in his last six games. continued to push his case for an England recall, cancelling out Simon Adingra’s first-half opener after the winger was teed up beautifully by Granit Xhaka’s inch-perfect pass.
Sunderland just about edged an action-packed first half and Brian Brobbey hit the crossbar with a header just before the break as the hosts missed the chance to get some breathing space in the game.
It proved costly as Leeds roared back after the interval.
Calvert-Lewin was in the right place at the right time to equalise in a fine end-to-end move that saw all 11 Leeds players touch the ball.
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Dominic Calvert-Lewin finishes off a brilliant team goal to level for Leeds
The momentum was with Leeds as they dominated the second half but they could not find a winner as both sides had to settle for a point, with Sunderland keeping their undefeated home record this season intact.
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Sunderland go ahead against Leeds, courtesy of a superb goal from Simon Adingra
How Rodon injury (from Adingra’s foul!) played part in Sunderland goal
Joe Rodon had an action-packed first half.
The defender was caught late by Brobbey’s challenge as early as the sixth minute but he recovered to continue before being caught again by a similar challenge later in the half by Adingra. Four minutes later Adingra found the net with Rodon unable to get out to catch the winger offside before he was forced from the field immediately after the goal.
Sky Sports’ Jamie Redknapp said: “To an extent Rodon is too brave for his own good.
“He takes a nasty one on his ankle [from Brobbey] then Adingra comes across and catches his ankle.
“He’s in agony, he’s a tough boy, he wants to play on. Calvert-Lewin asks him if he’s going to be alright.
“But he’s too slow to clear his lines because he’s struggling, he’s limping. He keeps Adingra onside. Then straight away he has to come off.
“(Daniel) Farke can’t be upset with a player who wants to stay on but he’s probably thinking, ‘if you’d come off we wouldn’t have had this problem’.”
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Calvert-Lewin became only the 11th English player to score in six-plus consecutive Premier League appearances, and first since Joe Willock netted in seven in a row from April to May 2021.
He is also the first Leeds player to achieve this in the top flight since John McCole in 1959-60.
Leeds now are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games (won two, drawn three), picking up more points in this run (nine) than they had in their previous 12 league matches (eight – won two, drawn two and lost eight).
Sunderland have avoided defeat in each of their opening nine home matches of a Premier League season (won five, drawn four) for just the third time, after 2000-01 (12) and 2010-11 (nine).
