Who does not love a trip down to London? I do. Although not so much mid-afternoon on a Sunday. This felt like a fantastic opportunity for us to close the gap on Crystal Palace and pick up three points that some of the teams around us in the relegation fight failed to get. Fair play to West Ham for taking a point off Manchester City – although, if I am being honest, I would have preferred they did not.
It is difficult to sum up the feeling after this game because it is now the third match recently where it has been hard to judge our performance properly because of the standard of refereeing. The second yellow for Gabriel Gudmundsson was probably the softest second booking I can remember seeing in all my years watching football.
I often roll my eyes when people start saying Leeds are hated by officials, but you can understand why some fans think that way with decisions like that. It was an absolute joke.
Speaking of second bookings, both sides should probably have ended up with 10 men if the referee had been consistent with the Brennan Johnson incident. It was the same type of challenge – if not worse. It felt very similar to the standard of officiating we experienced at home against Sunderland.
It was also gutting to see Dominic Calvert-Lewin miss the penalty. That would have been the perfect way to go 1-0 up, especially with the other results going the way they were over the weekend. Being five points clear sounds a lot nicer than being three clear.
I keep getting asked whether I would rather stay up or go as far as possible in the FA Cup. After managing to get my ticket for the quarter-final against West Ham, I am honestly not sure what my answer is.
The excitement of the cup right now feels far more enjoyable than the way the Premier League has been going for us this season. We are turning up in league games against some of the very best teams, playing really well by our standards, and too often coming away with nothing to show for it because of decisions from the referee or the officials on the touchline.
One thing that does add a bit of intrigue is that one of Manchester City and Liverpool will knock the other out. Hopefully we turn up in London, put out our strongest side, and give it a real go.
I am already starting to plan my Wembley outfit.
Molly Whitmore is a regular contributor on BBC Radio Leeds – find all their audio here
