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Daniel Farke Tactics: How Leeds United Used Width To Beat Chris Wilder’s Sheffield United
Today, we have a post-match tactical analysis piece focusing on how Daniel Farke's Leeds United used width as a key part of their tactics to defeat Chris Wilder's Sheffield United on Monday evening to put themselves five points clear of the Blades atop the EFL Championship.
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Leeds United put themselves one step closer to an illustrious Premier League return by coming out on top of Monday’s EFL Championship first versus second clash with Sheffield United away at Bramall Lane.
Now, at the time of writing, Leeds sit five points clear at the top of the league table, with 12 games left to play in the season.
The visitors had the majority of the possession in Monday’s fixture, with an Illan Meslier own goal putting Sheffield United a goal to the good in the 12th minute.
However, Leeds’ ball dominance ultimately paid off as they broke the Blades down three times in the second half to take all three points from this top-of-the-table battle with their Yorkshire rivals.
Leeds used their full-backs to stretch Sheffield United and exploit space out wide continuously throughout the game — this proved key to their victory.
Fintan O’Reilly’s tactical analysis focuses on explaining how Daniel Farke’s side successfully used width to get the ball into dangerous areas for chance creation against Sheffield United and how this led to their 3-1 away victory in the end.
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