The #LUFC Breakfast Debate (Thursday 28th November) Classy Leeds return to the top
Good Morning. It's Thursday 28th November, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road...
Classy Leeds return to the top
Leeds moved back to the top of the Championship with a dominant display over Luton Town at Elland Road last night. Without Alfie Doughty to pull the strings, the visitors looked disjointed and out of their depth against a well organised Leeds side, who rarely needed to to get out of third gear. Veteran forward Victor Moses went closest for the visitors midway through the first half, but Captain Struijk was on hand to hook the ball off the goal-line.
Sam Byram got Leeds off the mark after just ten minutes after good link up play between Tanaka and Solomon. His initial shot was blocked, sending the ball spinning in the air, before falling kindly for the 31 year old to smash home, from the edge of the six yard box.
It wasn't until first half injury time that Leeds deservedly doubled their lead. Struijk forced a great diving save from Kaminski following Rothwell's in-swinging corner. Oblivious to what was going on, the Hatters defence just watched as Piroe doubled Leeds advantage from close range.
It was more one-way traffic after the interval, but fans had to wait until ten minutes from time to make the game safe. Bogle, who found himself playing in a more central position (when attacking), sliced the Luton defence wide open with a long ball from the half-way line. James gave chase, and cheekily lobbed the keeper with his first touch.
Leeds were proficient, well-organised and had a game-plan. Ramazani and Wober are both on the mend after respective injuries, giving the Whites an extra dimension going into the Christmas calendar.
Very close to a big performance
Speaking after the match, Leeds Manager Daniel Farke said he was 'pretty happy' with his teams performance last night, but admitted 'there's always things to improve'. He praised his players performance but admitted they should be converting more of their chances in front of goal, a concern echoed by fans all season.
To show such a dominant performance, to create many chances, to score three goals and score more or less in the perfect moments, I'm pretty happy with our performance. At the moment we're showing great consistency in performances and also results, but efficiency to convert the chances - we've had this problem also in one or two away games where we haven't come home with three points.
And although we were that dominant we allowed them a few chances. Three or four times, Illan (Meslier) had to be there switched on and Pascal (Struijk) was also there with a great clearance so there's always something to improve. "But I don't want to be too critical because it was very close to a big performance.