Plymouth Argyle 1-4 Leeds United: Substitutes prove the difference in extra time as visitors progress to FA Cup fifth round on rain-soaked night at Home Park

After 180 minutes of football in West Yorkshire and Devon failed to separate Leeds United and Plymouth Argyle, Daniel Farke finally turned to Crysencio Summerville in injury time and the Dutchman proved to be the difference as Leeds scored three goals in extra time to move through to move up to fifth place. Round of the FA Cup, where a trip to Aston Villa or Chelsea awaits.

Summerville cut in from the left flank before scoring a superb right-footed finish for his 13th goal of the season in the 97th minute. With nine minutes to go, the 22-year-old brought on another substitute in Georginio Rutter, who completed a Leeds double. ‘ advantage before Ilia Gruev’s corner hit Ryan Hardie and ended up in the net to ensure a first Plymouth defeat for Ian Foster.

“In the end the result was quite sobering for us in terms of their ruthlessness, but we know how well we have played in the last two games,” Foster said.

“I said to the players after the game how proud I was of the way we approached the game and made things difficult for Leeds,” the Plymouth boss added.

‘Today was an almost perfect away match. We dominated, hit the woodwork three times, created so many chances and we showed great heart to win the game,” said Leeds boss Farke, as his side continued their unbeaten 2024 run.

Wilfried Gnonto (right) scored Leeds’ opener from a pinpoint strike at the top of the area

Due to the rain-soaked clash, both teams went into the changing rooms at half-time scoreless

Both sides went into the match having not tasted defeat in the calendar year and with a place in the last 16 at stake it was all square for just over an hour before Wilfried Gnonto finished miraculously to give Leeds a well-deserved lead, only for Brendan Galloway to equalize with 12 minutes of normal time remaining, sending the match into extra time.

This was a match that both Championship sides could have done without after a 1-1 draw at Elland Road, but it was a packed house at a wet and windy Home Park.

Nearly 2,000 Leeds supporters made the more than 600-mile round trip to the south coast and the visitors dominated possession, coming closest in the first half by hitting the crossbar twice in the opening twenty minutes through Mateo Joseph and Joel Piroe .

Leeds stepped up a gear after the break and the breakthrough came in the 66th minute after they won the ball back in Plymouth’s half and moved the ball beautifully before Glen Kamara drilled the ball into the path of Gnonto, who took one touch with his left hand made. foot before slamming it into the back of the net with his right foot.

Both Kamara and Gnonto were taken off the field five minutes later as Leeds looked to see the match out, but Plymouth hit back with a well-worked set piece.

Morgan Whittaker curled a diagonal free-kick to Ashley Phillips on the right of the six-yard box and Phillips put Galloway in the corner to head home from a few yards out.

Farke threw on Patrick Bamford and Rutter in an attempt to get a winner before extra time, and both sides almost won it in stoppage time when Joe Gelhardt’s strike hit the post and seconds later Hardie’s strike was pushed behind for a corner by Illan Meslier .

Just over ten minutes from time Plymouth bit back courtesy of Brendan Galloway (right)

But Georginio Rutter was the second super substitute to help Leeds break through on the road

After scoring his first goal (pictured), Summerville assisted Georginios to put Leeds out of sight

Daniel Farke’s side will face Chelsea or Aston Villa as their unbeaten 2024 continues

In the third minute of extra time, Farke turned to Summerville and in the 97th minute he produced the moment of class to put Leeds ahead. A few minutes later he became Rutter’s supplier for the traveling support and a late Hardie own goal put the icing on the cake as ‘Wembley’ sounded from the away team.

They haven’t reached the FA Cup quarter-finals since 2003 and now find themselves 90 minutes away from the last eight.