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Leeds United forward receives new referee verdict after Sunderland row as investigation set

-Credit:Sunderland AFC via Getty Images
-Credit:Sunderland AFC via Getty Images


Former PGMOL chief Keith Hackett believes Leeds United attacker Largie Ramazani could come into the Football Association's firing line and be sanctioned for his actions in Monday's win over Sunderland.

Behind for most of the match at Elland Road, Daniel Farke's side pulled a rabbit out of the hat with two late Pascal Struijk goals - the winner coming in the fifth minute of stoppage time. Celebrations erupted as Leeds moved back ahead of Sheffield United into the Championship's top spot, seven points clear of the play-off places.

And Ramazani made sure the opposition knew just how pleased he was with the outcome. The 23-year-old, who came off the bench to help aid in the build-up of the winning goal, celebrated in front of Luke O'Nien afterwards and then again in front of Dan Neil after the final whistle.

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That second one also resulted in a scuffle between the two sets of players, something that Hackett believes will be investigated by the FA.

"This incident will be investigated by The Football Association,” the ex-PGMOL chief told MOT Leeds News. "It will be interesting to see if any of the match officials witnessed the incident and included it in their special incident report form."

Celebrations have become a topic of discussion in recent weeks, especially in the English top-flight. Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly was not punished for mimicking Erling Haaland's celebration in his team's win over Man City, leading to criticism, but Everton's Iliman Ndiaye was actually shown a yellow card for the manner of his 'seagull' celebration in a match against Brighton earlier this month.

The Premier League's chief football officer, Tony Scholes, said: "There's a balance. I think we all like to see celebrations. Some of the celebrations have been very funny, entertaining, but there's a line. Once it crosses over into mockery or criticism then we would need to deal with it."

It remains to be seen what stance the Football League takes towards such an issue, or in this specific case if Monday's referee Stuart Atwell and his team of officials spotted what Ramazani did to spark such outrage from Sunderland's players, thus making him culpable to a punishment.