Good Morning. It's Thursday 22nd August, and here are the Leeds Utd headlines...
Brentford buckle under pressure
Leeds second half battering (that even Harry Ramsden would have been proud) of Brentford finally paid dividends ten minutes from the end when Costa conjured up some magic delivering a ball to the feet of Nketiah to tap into an empty net. With the synchronisation of the two loanees, you would have thought that they would have been playing together for years, not weeks!
Its fair to say that Brentford more then held their own in the first half, and were unlucky not to go ahead when the ball cannoned off the post half way through the first half, To be fair to Leeds, they could themselves have scored sixty seconds later when they broke away, and only fine work from their keeper Raya and a certain Swede kept the scoreline level.
After the break, Leeds were a different team, launching attack after attack on the Brentford goal, and it was clear that a Leeds goal was coming.
The introduction of Costa and Nketiah was the straw that broke the Camels back, as the Whites held on to top spot in the league.
Both Managers reaction to the game:-
Marcelo Bielsa
Thomas Frank"We deserved to win the game because we dominated the game. We didn't create a lot of chances but we created enough chances to make a difference.
"It was a physical, demanding game and we took control in the best moment of the game.
"Helder Costa is a balanced player who can play on both sides, and Eddie Nketiah can make an impact in the middle. We defended well and our opponents did not have enough clear chances."
"The first half was a top away performance where we pressed high, caused them problems and created opportunities. We did everything more or less right.
"Second half, they put more pressure on us and we were not good enough to keep the ball. We had big desire defending, good organisation and a high line.
"We got through the most stormy parts of the second half and you thought our opportunities would start to come. And then they scored a goal.
"I can't imagine, going forward, a more difficult away ground to go to than this one."
Selection headache for Bielsa
Having scored twice against both Salford in the League Cup and Brentford in the Championship, Nketiah is already giving Bielsa a big selection dilemma according to Leeds journalist Phil Hay
Can Bamford and Nketiah play together? Who would make way for Nketiah?