{"id":386720,"date":"2025-08-31T07:01:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T07:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/386720\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T07:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T07:01:26","slug":"sean-longstaff-impressed-jamie-carragher-with-three-things-in-leeds-united-display-against-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/386720\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Longstaff impressed Jamie Carragher with three things in Leeds United\u00a0display against Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sean Longstaff caught the eye of Jamie Carragher with his performance for Leeds United against his newly turned former club Newcastle United on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leeds United<\/a> picked up what could prove to be a vital point in the quest for Premier League<\/a> survival by holding Newcastle United to a goalless draw at Elland Road.<\/a><\/p>\n

While not a classic by any means, Daniel Farke\u2019s<\/a> side asserted themselves well against one of the best sides in the country and rarely looked close to conceding.<\/p>\n

A lack of attacking quality is a concern that must be addressed before the transfer window closes on deadline day<\/a> but Leeds look up to the physical battle of the top flight.<\/p>\n

Sean Longstaff was the best player on the pitch<\/a> and typified Leeds\u2019 battling approach to the Premier League, throwing himself into challenges and getting the better of his former teammates.<\/p>\n

Jamie Carragher was left very impressed with Longstaff\u2019s performance, especially with his tackling, duels and distance covered.<\/p>\n

\"SeanPhoto by Richard Sellers\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty ImagesSean Longstaff\u2019s tackling and running impresses Jamie Carragher against Newcastle United<\/p>\n

Though Sky Sports commentator Carragher voiced concerns over goalkeeper Lucas Perri,<\/a> he had no such qualms with Longstaff.<\/a><\/p>\n

Carragher gave the all-action midfielder the Player of the Match award and, when explaining his decision, he spoke about how well he played in an emotionally challenging match against his old club.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt can\u2019t have been easy today,\u201d Carragher said. \u201cYou see the tackles, duels won, distance covered. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you come up against a team you\u2019ve played for, I\u2019ve never been in that position myself, but as I say, it couldn\u2019t have been easy.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Against] midfielders he\u2019s trained with and played with for years, he\u2019s supported them for so long.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he\u2019s right in winning second balls, winning big tackles and challenges early on, it must have been a really emotional day for him. <\/p>\n

\u201cFirst start for Leeds against his old club and he\u2019s done really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sean Longstaff has played himself into Daniel Farke\u2019s Leeds United midfield<\/p>\n

Longstaff likely only started the match due to injuries to Ao Tanaka and Ethan Ampadu,<\/a> but the duo will now have a task on their hands to get their spots back.<\/p>\n

Longstaff was excellent and set the early tone<\/a> with crunching tackles and besting his old captain, Bruno Guiamraes, to a couple of 50-50 balls.<\/p>\n

Newcastle are the most physical team in the Premier League but Leeds beat them at their own game, largely thanks to Longstaff adding some much-needed steel to the middle of the park.<\/p>\n

With economic use of the ball when he won it, the new No.8 enhanced the midfield, but a lack of creative force was obvious.<\/p>\n

Other than one smart through ball from Ilia Gruev,<\/a> Leeds\u2019 midfield didn\u2019t cut through Newcastle\u2019s lines once and left the attackers isolated.<\/p>\n

With just two days left of the window, it couldn\u2019t be clearer that a playmaker with ingenuity and imagination is needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean Longstaff caught the eye of Jamie Carragher with his performance for Leeds United against his newly turned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,4110,1860,33583,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-386720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-jamie-carragher","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-sean-longstaff","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115122097121797546","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}