Joe Gelhardt will arguably have been amongst Leeds United’s most frustrated last weekend as took his seat in the Tottenham Hotspur changing rooms following the full-time whistle. The 20-year-old was named on the bench for the clash and he watched on from the sidelines as the goals flew in for both teams.
It was a frantic contest but the scoreline, in truth, looked beyond doubt when Gelhardt finally received the Jesse Marsch nod in the 89th minute of the game. His brief will have undoubtedly been to try and make something happen in stoppage time, but he had hardly touched the ball when referee Michael Salisbury put his whistle to his lips and blew for the final time.
Heads were bowed as United left the field, having squandered a lead three times, and Gelhardt will have been as disappointed as the rest of his teammates as they prepared to go their separate ways for the World Cup break. However, his extremely short cameo in north London provided a pretty accurate summary of his season so far under Marsch.
