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SMITH BACKS WATKINS AS FANS LET FLY

Visiting boss rejects claims Ollie dived

By Chris Dunlavy
Star Game

WHITE HEAT: Leeds’ Pontus Jansson has just put them in front

BRENTFORD boss Dean Smith leapt to the defence of Ollie Watkins amid accusations the winger dived to win a penalty.
Played in by Neal Maupay with half an hour to play, Watkins slipped the ball goalwards before tumbling under the challenge of Leeds keeper Bailey Peacock- Farrell.
Replays, however, suggested the Bees’ man was already heading to earth and was only lightly brushed by the onrushing keeper. As Elland Road bayed for blood, Maupay cal...

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