Defeat may have been the result again for Leeds United, but the performance against Arsenal on Sunday was right up there with the best under Jesse Marsch. The 3-0 demolition of Chelsea remains untouched, but for a winless-in-five Leeds to deserve victory over the league leaders says a lot.
Therefore, the changes I would make are very limited for those reasons. The obvious route I imagine many would go down is taking Rodrigo out for Patrick Bamford, which is where I would lean for the Leicester City trip.
While the latter did miss a penalty, there is no doubt Leeds were a slicker attacking force in the second half of Sunday’s match. There’s also the small matter of that match-losing error from the Spain international, which warrants at least one game out of the firing line.
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Virtually everyone else in the starting line-up is playing well enough to keep their place. Rasmus Kristensen has seen off the challenge of Luke Ayling for now with three good displays from right-back, while Pascal Struijk was going from strength to strength on the other side until this week's injury.
Jack Harrison is the one player I have increasing question marks about. The statistics may say otherwise, but he has not passed the eye test for a few matches now.
The role change did not especially get more out of him on Sunday, so I would push him back to one of the flanks and look to bring Brenden Aaronson back through the centre. Harrison’s intensity and pressing ability keep him in my team just ahead of Mateusz Klich, who is yet to be outshone by Crysencio Summerville in their respective cameos.
Beren’s XI: Meslier; Kristensen, Koch, Cooper, Firpo; Adams, Roca; Sinisterra, Aaronson, Harrison; Bamford.
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