{"id":474913,"date":"2025-10-05T02:43:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T02:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/474913\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T02:43:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T02:43:22","slug":"daniel-farke-identifies-big-issue-that-cost-leeds-united-against-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/474913\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Farke identifies big issue that cost Leeds United against Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-Insets-24-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Daniel Farke looking frustrated with Tottenham badge in frame\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Imago\/Manh Tung<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759632198_640_832e8fba1a8a8288b298f286c9eadff1\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Kevin Bannon\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Sat 4 October 2025 20:10, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds\u2019 unbeaten home run came to an end against Tottenham on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/matchday\/jayden-bogle-shines-as-4-10-frustrates-again-leeds-player-ratings-vs-tottenham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds were defeated 2-1 by Tottenham<\/a> at Elland Road, suffering their first loss in three games. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/exclusives\/tottenham-player-furious-vs-leeds-as-former-fifa-official-reacts-to-contentious-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds will have felt unlucky<\/a> not to have gotten something out of the game, but could not take advantage of the chances presented to them.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/daniel-farke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke<\/a> was speaking about where Leeds need to improve when they return after the international break. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/daniel-farke1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Farke looks gloomy on Leeds United touchline\" class=\"wp-image-202638\" \/>Credit: ImagoDaniel Farke urges Leeds to take chances<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> created plenty of chances against Tottenham, but could not equalise a second time after going behind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/matchday\/calvert-lewin-concern-raised-live-on-air-after-what-he-did-in-leeds-loss-v-tottenham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dominic Calvert-Lewin continued to struggle<\/a> as he squandered a handful of chances, particularly in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/leeds-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BBC Sport<\/a>, Farke bemoaned his side\u2019s lack of an end product against Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201c[We needed] to score more goals from our big chances. We had two big mistakes. Sometimes you need just a scruffy goal, a bit like they scored today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The German manager also identified the importance of taking your chances when coming up against like Tottenham. <\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cToday, against such a good opponent \u2013 Tottenham are in the Champions League, they are towards the top of the table \u2013 we missed too many chances to get something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-Insets-41-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Dominic Calvert-Lewin playing for Leeds\" class=\"wp-image-207402\" \/>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>Leeds know they have the quality to open up teams and create chances, and will need to be better going forward to stay in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dominic Calvert-Lewin needs to step up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/dominic-calvert-lewin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calvert-Lewin<\/a> arrived on a free transfer from Everton in the summer to provide some firepower to the Leeds forward line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/calvert-lewin-could-lose-leeds-spot-after-daniel-farke-comments-on-world-class-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doubts over Calvert-Lewin have emerged<\/a> after just one goal in the opening seven games, with the Englishman having missed a lot of chances in that period as well.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Attacking stats vs Tottenham<\/td>\n<td>Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total shots<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Touches in opposition box<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Expected goals (xG)<\/td>\n<td>0.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Farke may give the former Everton man the benefit of the doubt by starting him next time out against Burnley.<\/p>\n<p>Another blank from Calvert-Lewin, however, will have plenty of Leeds fans questioning his inclusion in the lineup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoyed this article?<\/strong> Stay connected with all the latest Leeds United news, updates, and behind-the-scenes content by following us on our new Instagram account \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goodisonnews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/motleedsnews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@motleedsnews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago\/Manh Tung Sat 4 October 2025 20:10, UK Leeds\u2019 unbeaten home run came to an end against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,1385,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-474913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-daniel-farke","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115319263478115654","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474913","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=474913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}