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Dan James silences taunting chants from Hull fans by scoring from 45 yards out to seal Leeds win

Dan James silences taunting chants coming from Hull fans by scoring from 45 yards out to seal a big win for Leeds on Bank Holiday Monday.

The 26 year old scored from range with the keeper out of his goal to give Leeds a 3-1 win over Hull, coming after he was reminded by the away end of missing the decisive penalty for Wales in their Euro 2024 shootout loss to Poland.

Ryan Allsop went forward for a last-minute Hull corner in a bid to get his side an equaliser, but after Leeds eventually cleared, James tried his luck from just inside the opposition half and saw his effort bounce into the empty net.

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Crycensio Summerville and Dan James netted late in the second half after Fabio Carvalho had cancelled out Sam Byram’s 9th minute opener just before the break.

Patrick Bamford also should have hit the target, if not scored, when he struggled to connect with James’ low cross, sending it over the bar on the slide.

Leeds manager Daniel Farke told Sky Sports after the Championship fixture:

“For many of my lads it was a third game in six days, many played on Tuesday or Wednesday for their national teams. You have to be pragmatic, dig in and grind out results.

“I’m pleased especially with our second half, and that we didn’t lose our nerve after a tricky first half. Hull are a good possession side, if you go into their traps and open spaces up, you can concede and you have to be patient.

“It’s a well-deserved win, but it was a tight game. We started really well, went into the lead and had that big chance for a second, you have to be effective against a brave side. There are many players who want to have the ball, Liam Rosenior is doing a really good job.”

Hull’s Liam Rosenior told Sky Sports:

“The result’s tough to take, I had a group of players who gave the shirt everything tonight.

“They came here, to take on a team and went man to man, created some really good moments. It summed up a lot of our season, getting into really good positions and not seeing it through. It’s reflective of that, but in positive ways as well – I’m so proud of them.

“For that group of players to take the ball the way they did, we’re trying to build something long-term in our style of play, going man-for-man without any cover away from home which they’ve done so many times, there’s a lot of positive aspects. If we keep that level of performance, who knows? We still believe.”

Leeds: Meslier, Byram (Shackleton 95′), Rodon, Ampadu, Firpo, Gray, Kamara (Piroe 84′), James, Rutter, Summerville (Anthony 94′), Bamford (Joseph 72′)

Subs: Cresswell, Cooper, Darlow, Gelhardt, Crew

Hull City: Allsop, Slater, Coyle (Christie 82′), Jones, Giles (Jacob 58′), Ömür, Morton, Jean Michaël Seri, Philogene, Fábio Carvalho, Tufan (Zaroury 73′)

Subs: McLoughlin, Ohio, Traoré, Sharp, Pandur, Connolly

Twitter users reacted as Dan James silences taunting chants from Hull fans by scoring from 45 yards out to seal Leeds win…

@JosesBusDrivers: Less than a week after you-know-what and following “you let your country down” chants from the away fans, Dan James does this and then just calmly walks towards the East stand (right in front of us) like it was nothing. What a boy! #lufc

@TashaALTV:
Hull fans: “You let your country down”
Dan James: Avvvvvv it

@SeanofHackney: Good to see Hull boy Dan James responding in the best way to nasty chants of “You let your country down” #lufc #danjames

@CcfcOK1: Dan, this makes that penalty miss so much worse but i still absolutely love you.. even if you play for Leeds

@UnionJaxJoe: Chuffed for Dan after the heartbreak a week ago

@DaveCockerLeeds: Was worried about his confidence playing for #lufc after that penalty miss, but he will be buzzing again now, brilliant, really pleased for him and our Club 👌

@normanewton100: Absolutely stunning what a goal Dan James MOT

@cricket_badger: Always love it when keepers come up for corners 😁 #MOT #ALAW

@PorrettaGareth3: Great finish and confidence booster after last week

@SteveDilley1: Great goal that. I bet that’s nowhere near as easy as Dan James made it look. #LEEHUL #LUFC

@Luke_Thom: To do that whilst running at speed is no mean feat. Outstanding technique #LUFC

@JJRHCAFC: Still not going to the Euros is he 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@BelcherHCAFC: He still let his country down though

@RobBeeLUFC: Deserved this. Saw the lad get a lot of stick regarding Wales last week. Have that. Da iawn Dan James. #MOT #lufc

@john_mcal: Buzzing for the boy. He needed that after what must’ve been an awful week last week! 👏🏻

@mjccfc: Can find a corner of the goal from 45 yards but not 12 yards, fuck off James

@jonesyd95:
“You let your country down.”
Born in…
*checks notes*
…Kingston-Upon-Hull 🤣
#LEEHUL #lufc #hcafc

@Icfctoby: How lucky do Leeds want to be? Name one other time a keeper has random ran to the centre circle mid game. Does he support Leeds? Serious question.

@ollyleeds1: Daniel James.. born in Hull btw

@sophie_welsh91: I blacked out as it went in smashed my dads living room door and fell into the coffee table 🤣🤣🤣 SCENES ABSOLUTE SCENES 😭💙💛

@_tomwalker10: Can do that from 40 yards but can’t score from 12 yards. Wanker

@timmsy_ks: Massively underestimate how difficult that is on the run. Top finish and according to @lufcstats is the longest distance goal in the club’s history.

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