Leeds Patrick Bamford appears to score with his elbow & uses it for celebration

Patrick Bamford scored in controversial fashion during Leeds' win over Rotherham, leaving the visiting boss fuming at a 'blatant handball' missed by officials.

Bamford found the back of the net inside the opening 10 minutes of Leeds' 3-0 victory on Saturday, before Crysencio Summerville scored a brace later in the game.

However, there was much debate around Bamford's strike after he appeared to use his elbow to help guide the ball into the Rotherham net.

In the 10th minute of the game, full-back Junior Firpo whipped in a cross that Bamford helped direct into the net.

However, replays that later appeared on X, formerly known as Twitter, appeared to show the striker sticking out his elbow to push the ball in the goal.

Bamford, however, made sure there was no confusion as to what had happened as he wheeled away and used his elbow in celebration.

The forward jumped in the air to rejoice at his goal, sticking his elbow out in a similar fashion to moments before, as he did so.

Leeds' official account on X, formerly known as Twitter, appeared to make light of the situation as they posted the goal with the caption: 'They all count!'.

However, Rotherham boss Leam Richardson was left fuming with the incident and insisted that officials missed a 'clear' handball.

He said: 'It's a blatant handball. It's a tough place to come to anyway and if you get decisions like that going against you then you're up against it.

'It should have been an easy decision for the referee to disallow it.

'I thought we started the match terrifically well. We took the game to them. But then a big decision went against us and it was an uphill challenge from there.

'Patrick's [Bamford] admitted after the event that the ball has hit his arm. You expect those decisions