Daniel Farke stated no person at Leeds United was “dancing on the desk” after Saturday’s 0-0 draw with Brentford, however each he and Keith Andrews had been content material with some extent.
Neither crew created a single Opta-defined ‘huge likelihood’ of their draw at Elland Highway, with the edges amassing 1.0 anticipated objectives (xG) between them (0.54 for Leeds, 0.46 for Brentford).
Leeds’ finest alternative was a wayward header from Pascal Struijk within the second half, whereas Mathias Jensen hit the facet netting from Brentford’s clearest likelihood.
Whereas Leeds now sit 4 factors away from 18th-placed West Ham, who go to Aston Villa on Sunday, they’ve gone six Premier League video games with no win (D2 L4) and 4 with no purpose.
However Farke admitted in his post-match interview with Sky Sports activities that Leeds don’t at all times have the standard to take the sport to groups, and should as a substitute give attention to being stable.
“After a draw, we’re not dancing on the desk, that’s for certain,” he stated. “However I simply have compliments for my gamers. You might see as we speak why Brentford are seventh.
“There are few groups that may sit with our physicality right here. They’ve high quality in assault as properly. It was an advanced recreation, nevertheless it was vital to not run into counter-attacks and lose this recreation.
“It’s additionally three in a row with out conceding and that’s fairly vital. We’re not a facet who reduce opponents to items attributable to particular person high quality.
“We’ve to be trustworthy, we have now to convey our flexibility and our physicality, and our tactical flexibility. General, that is how it’s important to behave in a relegation battle: be rock stable and present a superb mentality. It’s a small step ahead.”
The end result is perhaps seen as a possibility missed for Brentford, who might have gone one level behind Liverpool and stage with Chelsea within the Premier League desk, after disappointing defeats for each of these groups earlier on Saturday.
However Andrews didn’t agree with that evaluation, telling BBC Sport: “It’s a superb level. You come into a spot the place they’re pitching this as an enormous recreation of their quest to do what they should do.
“We’ve our personal quest and all I used to be feeling as I used to be watching was immense delight in what the gamers do constantly, taking each problem on in the best method.
“We’ve finished unbelievably properly to get the place we’re within the league. We need to be the place we’re, and it’ll take a mammoth effort to remain there.
“All the pieces we may give, we’ll give, just like the gamers do on a regular basis. The intentions are at all times good from our gamers. They’re at all times optimistic, embrace the event and problem and I might anticipate it’ll carry them for the final seven video games.”
