Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch has been subject to praise from Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta ahead of their two sides' meeting at Elland Road on Sunday afternoon.
The Whites will be looking to pick up a positive result after a poor spell in the Premier League which has seen the Yorkshire outfit go five matches without a win whilst picking up just two points in that period.
Meanwhile, Leeds' north London visitors are currently the league leaders having won eight of their nine matches thus far and, on paper, should prove to be Marsch's side's toughest opponent so far this season.
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Arteta and Marsch have shared the dugout once before when the Gunners came out 2-1 victors at the Emirates Stadium in May, having beaten former Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa's side 4-1 on their last visit to Elland Road.
However, the former reserved plenty of praise for the latter and his side in his pre-match press conference, saying: "With Jesse and the teams that they have already played, it is very clear what he wants to do - be a really intense team, a really dynamic team and a really good team when there are spaces to attack.
"There’s some similarities [to Bielsa’s team] but every coach has his own book, but what Jesse has done over the time he has been there is really impressive."
The American has been in charge of the Yorkshire outfit for seven months, having replaced the incredibly popular Marcelo Bielsa last season with Leeds' Premier League credentials in serious danger. Largely, supporters have warmed to Bielsa's successor, however, Marsch will undoubtedly be keen to prevent the building of significant pressure by overseeing some positive results and performances prior to the enforced break as a result of the World Cup.
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