{"id":359989,"date":"2025-08-20T17:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/359989\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:40:21","slug":"everton-will-be-gutted-they-didnt-convince-leeds-united-star-this-summer-after-elland-road-masterclass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/359989\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton will be gutted they didn’t convince Leeds United star this summer\u00a0after Elland Road masterclass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United kicked off their fight for survival in the Premier League in the perfect manner with a 1-0 win over Everton at Elland Road on Monday night, and it will leave David Moyes feeling gutted.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gutted for a few reasons. The first being simply that his Everton side lost, and in the manner they did with Everton outplayed by Leeds<\/a>. At half-time, Leeds had 12 attempts at goal; Everton failed to register one.<\/p>\n

Moyes<\/a> will also be gutted at the controversial awarding of Leeds\u2019 penalty in the final 10 minutes. Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville think it is a penalty<\/a>, while Alan Shearer believes it was the wrong decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Moyes suggested James Tarkowski needed to cut his arm off not to concede a penalty. But there is another reason that Moyes will be gutted and it is because of one Leeds star\u2019s excellent performance.<\/p>\n

\"EvertonPhoto by Carl Recine\/Getty ImagesGabriel Gudmundsson\u2019s display will have Everton feeling gutted<\/p>\n

On the left of Leeds\u2019 defence, Gabriel Gudmundsson<\/a> was excellent. The concern around losing Junior Firpo has vanished, with Sweden international Gudmundsson excellent both defensively and in attack.<\/p>\n

Signed for a bargain fee of \u00a310m from Lille, the defender already looks like a top bit of business with Gudmundsson also impressing in Dublin against Milan. Leeds look like they have signed a real player.<\/p>\n

\"GabrielPhoto by George Wood\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

According to the stats and FotMob\u2019s<\/a> technical analysis, Gudmundsson was the best player on the pitch with a rating of 8.1. But there was every chance that Gudmundsson could have been playing for Everton.<\/p>\n

Earlier on in the summer and before he arrived at Leeds, Everton showed interest in Gudmundsson<\/a>. But having lost out to Leeds in the race for Gudmundsson, Everton were even missing Vitalii Mykolenko<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n

Gabriel Gudmundsson\u2019s stats from Leeds United win v Everton<\/p>\n

Moyes was forced to play midfielder James Garner on the left of the defence, completely out of position and that will have frustrated Moyes even further, to see Gudmundsson impressing in a Leeds shirt.<\/p>\n

Gabriel Gudmundsson\u2019s stats for Leeds against Everton:<\/strong><\/p>\n