Solomon and champions Leeds revel in ´dream come true´ as Luton rue ´painful´ relegation

Manor Solomon revelled successful a “dream travel true” aft his stoppage-time victor saw Leeds United snatch the Championship rubric successful melodramatic fashion.

Daniel Farke’s side, who accumulated 100 points, pipped Burnley to archetypal spot connected extremity quality pursuing a 2-1 triumph implicit Plymouth Argyle astatine Home Park.

The Clarets appeared acceptable to beryllium crowned champions aft beating Millwall 3-1, with Leeds locked astatine 1-1 for astir of the 2nd fractional against the Pilgrims, whose relegation was confirmed connected Saturday.

However, determination was to beryllium 1 much twist successful the 91st minute, arsenic Solomon embarked connected a jinking tally into the punishment area, earlier slotting location to nonstop the travelling supporters into ecstasy.

“I can’t enactment into words what I’m feeling close now,” helium told BBC Radio Leeds. “It is simply a imagination travel existent to people the winning extremity and instrumentality this Championship.

“Throughout the season, we’ve shown we merit this trophy and to decorativeness successful the archetypal spot. I’m truthful gladsome it happened.

“We each knew what was happening astatine Burnley, and we knew we needed to score. It paid off, and the shot went into the net.”

Leeds agonisingly missed retired connected an contiguous instrumentality to the Premier League past season, aft a 1-0 decision by Southampton successful the Championship play-off final.

But, conscionable little than 12 months later, Farke has guided his broadside the other mates of steps to get backmost successful the apical flight, and the German was thrilled to headdress a memorable play successful fitting fashion.

“It feels beauteous good,” helium told BBC Sport. “I privation to nonstop my congratulations to Burnley, to Scott [Parker]. I deliberation they person done a fantastic job. They’ve played a play that deserves to beryllium crowned with immoderate silverware.

“Of course, I’m blessed that we won this crippled successful the last stages and are officially allowed to statement ourselves arsenic champions, and beryllium the champion squad this season.

“It’s an emotionally moving time due to the fact that we person invested truthful much, and wanted to crown ourselves with immoderate silverware.

“It feels pretty, beauteous peculiar successful the dressing room, and I’m precise blessed for my players and staff. It means truthful overmuch for them, and besides our supporters.”

Our Championship winning team! pic.twitter.com/NoM1TGBkRS

— Leeds United (C) (@LUFC) May 3, 2025

Plymouth volition beryllium joined successful League One adjacent play by Luton Town, who suffered back-to-back relegations.

Having played successful the Premier League past season, Luton saw their spot successful the 3rd tier confirmed with a 5-3 nonaccomplishment to West Brom.

Matt Bloomfield’s broadside had boosted their endurance hopes aft a tally of 3 consecutive victories. However, decision astatine The Hawthorns – coupled with Hull City’s gully astatine Portsmouth – sealed Luton’s fate.

“It is simply a peculiarly achy infinitesimal for america and everyone associated with our shot club,” Bloomfield told BBC Three Counties Radio.

“[It was a] truly disappointing performance, considering the time and the show that we needed to get ourselves retired of wherever we were.

“I don’t cognize [where that show came from]. The goals we gave distant were truthful disappointing. We’ve been incredibly resilient successful the past 2 months to truly enactment up astatine the backmost and, unluckily today, it conscionable wasn’t there.

“Sorry to our supporters for travelling up and down the country, supporting america this season. We recognize their disappointment and choler close now.”

“You’ve got to look the music,” added Luton skipper Carlton Morris. “Ultimately, we’ve enactment ourselves successful this situation, and we request to instrumentality accountability.

“It’s pugnacious to enactment into words. I consciousness atrocious for the fans and besides for the lads with the effort they’ve enactment successful recently. We gave ourselves excessively overmuch of a upland to climb.”

It was not the result oregon the play that we wanted.

Thank you each for your loyal enactment successful 2024/25, we volition beryllium backmost stronger adjacent season. pic.twitter.com/DUSYYXUsaB

— Luton Town FC (@LutonTown) May 3, 2025