Lost 100% of his duels: Leeds’ £35k-p/w lightweight massively let Bielsa down vs City – opinion

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Leeds United appear to be finding their feet in the Premier League, mixing it with the big boys superbly.


A narrow defeat to Liverpool and a 1-1 draw with Manchester City is certainly an encouraging sign that perhaps they’ll be looking towards the top half of the table rather than staring down the barrel at an instant return to the doldrums of the Football League.


We witnessed a thrilling game in the rain at Elland Road on Saturday evening with Marcelo Bielsa duelling his student, Pep Guardiola, but we also got a glimpse of an old issue.


City’s new-look backline, which included £64.3m record signing Ruben Dias, practically rendered Patrick Bamford ineffective as the Whites talisman failed to make much of an impact upfront.


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Despite winning the Championship last season, Leeds had one of the worst chance conversion rates in the division, scoring just 12.5% of their opportunities (fifth-worst) and with Bamford starting all but one of their matches, he was certainly one of the problems.


Yes, the 27-year-old has begun the season in red-hot form banging in three goals in their opening three matches but the game last night displayed a little cause for concern that this streak isn’t likely to continue.


Bamford lost 100% of his four duels, touched the ball just 20 times, failed to score from four shots and missed one big chance, as per SofaScore.


The visiting duo of Dias and Aymeric Laporte silenced Leeds’ solitary striker for the first time this season.





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Supporters at Elland Road have always been a bit divisive on the Englishman, especially as he once cost a decent-sized £10m chunk, so it’s only a matter of time before those contrasting opinions enter the fray once again.


Bamford is among the club’s highest earners on a reported £35k-per-week and it’s this figure that’ll put him under well-deserved scrutiny whenever he fails to make an impact.


Maybe it’ll be a one off, maybe it won’t. Those in Yorkshire will not want to see another lightweight display from their star man again.


AND in other news, Leeds need to stay away from ONE costly transfer target before Monday’s deadline…



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