{"id":440092,"date":"2025-09-21T04:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T04:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/440092\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T04:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T04:17:15","slug":"we-wanted-to-dominate-this-game-farke-hails-leeds-clinical-edge-after-wolves-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/440092\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe wanted to dominate this game\u201d – Farke hails Leeds\u2019 clinical edge after Wolves win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Farke<\/a><\/strong> was delighted with the way his Leeds United<\/a><\/b> side responded to an early setback at Molineux, producing a ruthless first-half performance to claim a 3-1 win over Wolves.<\/p>\n

Leeds fans weren’t treated to the best of starts, when Wolves scored after just eight minutes, but Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/a><\/strong> equalised with a powerful header.<\/p>\n

A lovely free-kick from Anton Stach<\/a><\/strong> and Noah Okafor\u2019s tidy finish sealed the turnaround before the break, with Leeds showing huge resilience defensively in the second half to seal the win.<\/p>\n

\u201cA really good first half, I think a dominant first half, also creating many chances and excellent goals,\u201d he said. \u201cToday we had this clinical edge in nearly all situations. I think the key was we had a really dominant and confident start. You could feel that we wanted to go for it, wanted to dominate this game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leeds had gone three Premier League<\/a><\/b> matches without scoring but turned the tide with goals from Calvert-Lewin,<\/a><\/strong> Stach<\/a><\/strong> and Okafor<\/a><\/strong> before half-time. Farke highlighted the importance of staying focused after conceding early. \u201cSadly on this level, if you make a mistake, normally it\u2019s relatively quickly punished, and this is what happened today,\u201d he explained. \u201cI think it was crucial that we didn\u2019t dwell on this and didn\u2019t lose the confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that his players showed another side of their character after the break. A testament to the Whites’ resilience away from home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would have preferred a bit more control and possession in the second half to control the game a bit better,\u201d Farke said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut yes, of course, Wolves were throwing everything they\u2019ve got at us. They tried everything and then we were always a bit reacting in the second half, but I also quite like that we showed in this moment also a different side of our game, the steel, that defensive steel, and that we were also good in defending our own box.\u201d<\/p>\n