"Unfortunately, for the first two penalties, since they didn't have their numbers on their shorts, it was difficult for me to see,"
"And the third one, we didn't know exactly [where he would shoot, so I used] instinct. I am happy to help the club."
"Lucas was excellent. He was massive in the shootout, but [also] in the whole game. He made two or three massive saves,"
Leeds progressed past Birmingham on penalties after Lukas Nmecha's powerful second-half opener was cancelled out by Patrick Roberts' late deflected finish. The match finished level and went to a shoot-out, where Lucas Perri saved Tommy Doyle's spot-kick and relied on instinct for other penalties after pre-match research proved unusable because takers lacked numbers on their shorts. Perri had been benched for six matches after a poor display at Newcastle, with Karl Darlow preferred, but was rotated back for FA Cup duty and produced several important saves. Sean Longstaff converted the decisive penalty as Leeds won 4-2 in the shoot-out.
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