00:01Leeds United manager Daniel Farke praised his side's professionalism and ambition after
00:06they secured a convincing dunal victory over Norwich City to reach the quarter-finals of
00:11the FA Cup.
00:12The result of Tellem Road marked a significant milestone for the club with Leeds reaching
00:16the last eight of the competition for the first time in over two decades.
00:22Yes, very happy and proud of the boys because you can't take it for granted.
00:26Of course, we were the favorite today, but you just have to look at the other fixtures.
00:30So the big names, Arsenal, Chelsea yesterday.
00:34So they were struggling a lot.
00:35They have rotated a bit.
00:38The teams around us on the table also today.
00:40They are all out of the competitions.
00:42They have rotated.
00:42We've also rotated today on nine positions and we're able to deliver a comfortable win.
00:48Pretty happy with the performance.
00:49Pretty happy with the clean sheet with the three goals.
00:53I think a pretty dominant performance with two more goals ruled out by VAR.
00:57We could have scored one or two more.
00:59I think game management in the second half could be a bit better, so we could control the
01:02game a bit better.
01:03It was for a while a bit of a transition game, a bit like basketball and then two of my
01:09holding
01:09midfielders on yellow cards already after 65 minutes.
01:13We had to react then, but nevertheless, many, many things to like about it and the most important
01:17thing is we are through the next round.
01:20Calls from Sean Longstaff and Gabriel Gudmundsson in the first half put Leeds firmly in control
01:25before Joel Perrault sealed the victory, late on ensuring a comfortable progression to the
01:31next round.
01:32Farke rotated his squad heavily for the tie, but was delighted with the performance and
01:37attitude of his players, highlighting the challenge of making numerous changes while maintaining
01:42the team's level.
01:43To do with the quality of the players, but if you rotate nine times, you need a bit of
01:49time in order to get used.
01:49I think we need also today 10 or 15 minutes, but then, yeah, from minute 50 on excellent
01:54first half, Scott, two fantastic goals were all over them and deserved also to be in lead.
02:01Again, second half game management could have been a bit better, but also was for several
02:05players the first time in the starting line-up since a while and you could feel they were a
02:09bit tired then and for that it was also good then to bring some players in and to get control
02:15back
02:16over the game to score the third goal and overall it was again a team effort and I'm pretty happy
02:21that we are through and the dream can continue.
02:25Farke also emphasized the motivation within the group to create a memorable cup run, saying the dream is
02:31still ongoing as they will have to overcome West Ham away in the next round.
02:36And several of England's biggest clubs are still in the competition.
02:39Leeds know the challenge ahead will be significant.
02:44The manager believes his side are capable of competing with anyone on their day and hopes
02:49the momentum from this win can carry them further in the tournament as they chase the possibility
02:54of writing another chapter in the club's history.
03:00Leeds know –
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