Venables salutes ‘special’ Milner

LEEDS boss Terry Venables hailed rising star James Milner as “a very special young man” after his wonder strike helped end United’s desperate Elland Road run.

Milner, who became the Premier League’s youngest goalscorer with the equaliser in Leeds’ 2-1 win at Sunderland on Boxing Day, again stole the show and the headlines against Chelsea on Saturday.

With Leeds having taken a 30th-minute lead courtesy of centre-back Jonathan Woodgate’s first goal for two years, Milner was then immediately pushed on as a replacement for Harry Kewell who had sustained a dead leg.