Leeds United boss criticises three key calls but delivers honest assessment of Sunderland draw

Daniel Farke criticised the refereeing during his side's 0-0 draw with Sunderland but admitted that his side had not created enough chances to win the game.

Sunderland were fortunate not to concede a penalty when Luke O'Nien handled a Leeds United corner later in the game, while Farke also insisted that a penalty should have been in the first half when Dan Ballard deflected a Crysencio Summerville effort wide of the far post. The Leeds United boss also criticised the decision to award just three minutes of added time at the end of a half where both teams had used their full quota of substitutes.

However, he added that he and his side had to be 'self-critical' and had not forced enough saves from Anthony Patterson.

"Obviously after a draw the overall feeling is that we are a bit frustrated and disappointed, because we had the chance tonight to take a major step in the table," Farke said.

"If I'm honest I'm pleased with several things, and after [losing to] Coventry we returned to controlling and dominating the game completely. We turned back to a really good defensive performance, we controlled their counterattacks about from maybe ten minutes at the end of the first half. We didn't lose our nerve at the end and created a lot of pressure.

"We didn't create enough clear chances, that's why we didn't win. I also have to say that we were unfortunate with several decisions, it was a clear handball in the first half and in the second half - they should have been penalties. Three minutes added time also felt very harsh after ten substitutions, lots of timewasting and discussions. I don't know if we'd have scored if we had another couple of minutes because we were struggling to create today but I also got the feeling we were unfortunate with a lot of the decisions. But we didn't test the goalkeeper enough.

"I'm disappointed with the penalty decisions because they are decisive. Also credit to Sunderland, they've had four clean sheets in five games and we didn't create enough clear cut chances."