MORGAN Whittaker admitted it was worth getting a yellow card after celebrating with the fans in one corner of Home Park after his dramatic late goal for Plymouth Argyle in their 2-1 victory over Blackburn Rovers.
Whittaker decided against a knee slide when he scored with a perfectly-placed header in the seventh minute of added time, and instead ran across to the crowd, who engulfed him. It also led to referee James Linington showing him a yellow card, which seemed very harsh given the incredible emotion of the moment.
The 23-year-old has scored many important goals in front of the Devonport End during his time at Argyle but this one, which clinched a third consecutive home Championship win, was a particularly memorable one.
"It has got to be up there," said Whittaker about where his goal ranked among all of the others. "We made it very hard work for ourselves but we know as a team we can be really good in these moments, as we have shown before, and we got the win that's the most important thing.
It could have been me - anyone - we just needed to get the three points." Most of Whittaker's 31 goals in 91 games for the Pilgrims have been left-foot finishes but this was a rare header, although as he pointed out it was certainly not the first time.
"Everyone says that but that's my fourth now so I will take it. I was just trying to stay in the middle of the box because we were having some good crosses before. I didn't want to get too out the way and hopefully it would fall for me.
Bu hikaye The Herald dergisinin October 08, 2024 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Giriş Yap
Bu hikaye The Herald dergisinin October 08, 2024 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Giriş Yap
Whittaker hits his century of Argyle outings
MORGAN Whittaker is set to make his 100th appearance for Plymouth Argyle in the away Championship game against Stoke City today (12.30pm).
A WELCOME RETURN
CISSOKO BACK AFTER THREE MONTHS OUT
Argyle without Gibson as he heads to Preston
PLYMOUTH Argyle will be without defender Lewis Gibson for today's Championship clash at Stoke City after he yesterday joined Preston North End for what the club called a \"significant undisclosed fee.\"
New year, new job buzz for Hamilton
SWITCH TO FERRARI GIVES LEWIS FRESH IMPETUS AFTER A YEAR OF STRUGGLE
Musk 'could help us fight online abuse'
ELON Musk’s attacks on the UK Government’s handling of child grooming gangs are “misjudged and certainly misinformed”, Wes Streeting said.
Zelensky talks Trump
TRUMP is \"strong and unpredictable\" and those qualities can be a decisive factor in his policy approach to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Warnings in place as cold weather hits
LARGE parts of the country will face disruption from heavy snow and freezing rain over the weekend after forecasters issued two amber weather warnings.
Care crisis pledges
PEOPLE should be \"protected from the catastrophic costs of upfront care\" that see them forced to sell their homes, Wes Streeting has suggested.
Biker slams 'shoddy' new parking spaces
SAYS NEW SITE IN PRINCESS STREET IS MUCH SMALLER
Burglar's 24-hour rampage'
A MAN is set to face a judge for sentencing later this month after he admitted burgling a series of commercial businesses, including two of the city's most well-known latenight eateries.
