Elland Road held its breath as Kieran Trippier picked up the ball. No one expected the Newcastle United defender to take the penalty, but only a select few people inside the stadium knew what was going to happen next.
While Trippier's smart routine against Nottingham Forest was still fresh in the memory, Leeds United goalkeeper Joel Robles will not have been 100% certain about who the England international was going to give the ball to in the 31st minute. After all, this was the first time that a penalty had been awarded when Callum Wilson and Alexander Isak were both on the field together.
Trippier ultimately kept hold of the ball for a minute or so but rather than hand it over to Isak, like he did at the City Ground, the 31-year-old gave the ball to Wilson, who sent a timely reminder why he remains Newcastle's first-choice spot-kick taker. Wilson had to contend with deafening boos at Elland Road, but the ice-cool striker fired his first penalty into the bottom left-hand corner to make it 1-1. Robles may have read it, diving the right way, but the penalty was so well-struck that not even the towering goalkeeper could reach it.
