Pressure mounts on Daniel Farke at Leeds despite “aggressive” performance against Villa

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Daniel Wales reports on Leeds United Head Coach Daniel Farke who is starting to come under increasing pressure, with the Whites having won just once in their last six Premier League fixtures. The most recent of those came against Aston Villa, a game in which Farke was encouraged by his side’s performance but ultimately, despite leading at half time, Leeds surrendered their lead to lose.

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00:01Pressure is mounting on Leeds United head coach Daniel Farker.

00:05The Whites have won just once in their last six Premier League fixtures,

00:10the most recent of which being a 2-1 home loss against Aston Villa.

00:14Leeds had led in this game, but a British in the second half

00:19from Aston Villa forward Morgan Rodgers,

00:22so the Whites end up on the losing side.

00:25Farker, though, was encouraged by his side's performance

00:28despite Leeds coming away with nothing.

00:31Yes, especially because we returned back today to our performance,

00:36how we want to perform, to be ourselves, to be active, to be aggressive,

00:40to press height, to be there with a counter-pressing,

00:42to play aggressive football in possession.

00:45We were ourselves today fully deserved to be in Leeds at halftime.

00:50On this level, you have to make sure that you don't always have to score

00:53three or four goals to win points.

00:55And again, so to concede these two goals, again, we didn't give much away,

00:59but yes, it was a bit again over our left flank today,

01:03as good as we are offensive-wise, but we have conceded again two goals

01:06over our left flank.

01:08These two moments were decisive.

01:10First goal straight after the kick-off for the second half.

01:17Dead ball situation, free kick, and you have to be quicker switch on

01:20in order to defend the situation.

01:21Leeds may well have been aggressive, as Farker put it,

01:26and played like themselves, but on the day,

01:29it was not enough to defeat Aston Villa.

01:32Farker went on to deflect blame from goalkeeper Lucas Perry,

01:36who received some criticism for his role in Aston Villa's second goal,

01:41which came direct from a free kick from Rodgers.

01:44Perry was stood rooted to his spot

01:46as the ball nestled into the back of the net.

01:50Leeds then had a goal disallowed just moments later,

01:54but ultimately, Villa were able to hold on for the win,

01:58condemning Leeds to yet another loss this season in the Premier League.

02:03Following the final whistle,

02:05it was evident that supporters were starting

02:07to have concerns about Farker and his future.

02:11Nothing has changed as of yet, though.

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