{"id":500222,"date":"2026-03-03T00:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500222\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T00:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:59:08","slug":"daniel-farke-doubts-if-leeds-booing-was-for-ramadan-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500222\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Farke doubts if Leeds booing was for Ramadan break"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Farke has said it’s unlikely that the booing from sections of Leeds United<\/a> fans during their clash against Manchester City<\/a> was due to the Ramadan fast break.<\/p>\n

Leeds fans came in for heavy criticism after a break in play against City to allow their Muslim players to break their fast during Ramadan was met by some prolonged boos from the stands.<\/p>\n

City boss Pep Guardiola condemned the booing<\/a> in his post-match news conference, and anti-discrimination group Kick it Out also called it “massively disappointing.”<\/p>\n

“If it was disrespectful because of the break, then yes we have to say we have to learn from it,” Farke said.<\/p>\n

“I’m not sure that everyone was aware — we had the topic of Pep [Guardiola] bringing players in to give a team talk — I think supporters thought it was this.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think booing was for this [Ramadan]. If it was from some people about this, then that’s not acceptable.”<\/p>\n

There was booing from sections of Elland Road during the Ramadan fast break.\u00a0Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Farke headed straight on to the Elland Road pitch at the final whistle to confront referee Peter Bankes, aggrieved at several decisions in his side’s hard-fought 1-0 defeat, particularly a lack of extended time added.<\/p>\n

Antoine Semenyo<\/a> scored the only goal in first-half stoppage time as City maintained the pressure on title rivals Arsenal<\/a>, while Leeds stayed six points above the relegation zone after just a third defeat in 15 league games.<\/p>\n

Farke, sent off for the first time in his 16-year managerial career, said he did not swear or use threatening language towards Bankes and his fellow officials and that the red card had been brandished before he said anything.<\/p>\n

– Pep Guardiola condemns booing of Ramadan fasting break<\/a>
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“I was told the Premier League<\/a>, or the referees, will get in touch when they have the full report of the incident. It should be there pretty soon, then I have the chance to respond,” Farke said.<\/p>\n

“The report will say what the red card was for. I’m not sure what the processes are and when we can appeal it. I’m not sure. I can just give you my gut feeling this should not be a red card.<\/p>\n

“When there has been a clear and obvious mistake, and for me this was a clear and obvious mistake, it should be overturned. This is what I’ve experienced when players have a red card by mistake, it can be overturned, and I expect the same.”<\/p>\n

As the club and Farke wait to make a decision on whether to appeal, it is understood that, subject to the referee’s report, the German may opt to accept a possible one-match ban and not go through with the appeal process.<\/p>\n

Farke, who hopes to be in the dug-out for Tuesday night’s visit of Sunderland<\/a>, added: “I jogged over. Not one bad word. No swear words or bad language.<\/p>\n

“I just wanted to ask him why he didn’t add any time on. He didn’t speak to me and just pulled out the red card.<\/p>\n

“To pull out a red card and embarrass me in front of the whole world, I wasn’t happy. Even the assistants were shocked the red card was shown. This is not how we should work with each other.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Farke has said it’s unlikely that the booing from sections of Leeds United fans during their clash…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-500222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}