Match of The Day pundit Martin Keown slammed Leeds United’s Daniel James for his ‘unbelievable’ first-half tackle which saw him dismissed as the Whites lost 3-0 to Chelsea on Wednesday night. The Elland Road atmosphere was silenced within four minutes when Mason Mount rifled into the top-corner, before James lunged dangerously into a tackle on Mateo Kovacic - Anthony Taylor instantly brandishing a red card.
It gave Jesse Marsch’s side yet another mountain to climb against a Chelsea side who looked far sharper than they had in recent weeks, and second-half goals from Christian Pulisic and Romelu Lukaku sealed an inevitable win for Thomas Tuchel’s men. And Keown lamented Welshman James for an ‘unbelievable’ tackle.
“Unbelievable. And this is a thing you want your players at boiling point but you don't want them to boil over.” Keown said. “It's something that he didn't really do at Manchester United. I don't know whether it comes with playing for Leeds, a part of that getting stuck in and getting around people, but at the moment it’s costing them.
