{"id":604012,"date":"2025-11-30T20:47:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T20:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/604012\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T20:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T20:47:26","slug":"leeds-united-star-recently-upset-with-daniel-farke-tops-tackling-and-duels-charts-v-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/604012\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United star recently &#8216;upset&#8217; with Daniel Farke tops tackling and duels charts v Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A week is a long time in football, and the feeling around Daniel Farke has changed to some degree, even if Leeds United had failed to beat Man City. Farke almost masterminded a stunning comeback.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Having gone 2-0 down early on, <a href=\"http:\/\/leedsunited.news\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds<\/a> clawed Pep Guardiola\u2019s Man City back to 2-2 at The Etihad. No one saw it coming, and yet, Leeds almost pulled off the result of the day. Eventually, City would win 3-2.<\/p>\n<p>But it reminded fans that <a href=\"http:\/\/leedsunited.news\/club\/manager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Farke<\/a> does have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> nous; he can mix it with the best. Leeds fans were also made aware that the players are fighting for the German, he\u2019s not lost the dressing room.<\/p>\n<p>A week will also feel like a long time for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/ao-tanaka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ao Tanaka<\/a>, too. Japan midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/news\/leeds-united-player-was-very-visibly-upset-in-the-elland-road-dugout-during-aston-villa-defeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tanaka was visibly \u201cupset\u201d<\/a> after being subbed on and then subbed off against Aston Villa by Farke, yet Tanaka started against Man City.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2247589519-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ao Tanaka and Daniel Farke v Villa.\" class=\"wp-image-119875\" \/>Photo by Rene Nijhuis\/MB Media\/Getty ImagesAo Tanaka\u2019s impressive stats in under-the-radar Leeds display<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/news\/leeds-united-hammer-blow-as-key-daniel-farke-star-out-until-new-year-anton-stach-also-sidelined\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">With Sean Longstaff and Anton Stach sidelined<\/a>, Farke opted to name a makeshift midfield of Ilia Gruev, Ethan Ampadu and Tanaka. While formation changed throughout, that trio in midfield stayed the same.<\/p>\n<p>Tanaka was excellent. It still boggles the mind that Dusseldorf wanted just \u00a33.5m for Tanaka back in the summer of 2024. He topped Leeds\u2019 duels won, with seven, but even better, he won more tackles than any.<\/p>\n<p> Stunning Ao Tanaka stats as Leeds worry Man City \ud83d\udc4c <\/p>\n<p>Ao Tanaka\u2019s stats in defeat to Man City:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>92 minutes played, 7.1 FotMob rating (Second-best Leeds player)<\/li>\n<li>13 defensive contributions (Highest for Leeds, joint-highest on pitch)<\/li>\n<li>40 touches, 18\/25 successful passes<\/li>\n<li>5 tackles (Highest on pitch)<\/li>\n<li>Seven duels won (Joint-highest for Leeds, second-best on pitch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2230165294-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Farke and Ao Tanaka\" class=\"wp-image-120064\" \/>Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images      <\/p>\n<p>It was an underrated performance from Tanaka, who was eventually replaced by Brenden Aaronson in the 92nd minute. There is absolutely no doubt that Tanaka has to start for Leeds when Chelsea come north.<\/p>\n<p>MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n<p>  First name on the Leeds United team sheet v Chelsea: Ao Tanaka<\/p>\n<p>There will be the obvious picks. Ethan Ampadu plays when he is fit, Joe Rodon plays even when he isn\u2019t fit.  Other than that, Farke has some massive decisions to make;o other player can truly say they will start.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Perri was at fault for City\u2019s second. Jayden Bogle\u2019s form has been dodgy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/news\/daniel-farke-provides-update-on-james-justin-as-leeds-united-defender-suffers-knock-v-man-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Justin is fit<\/a> and may stay in the side with Gabi Gudmundsson rested. Pascal Struijk and Jaka Bijol were both solid on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p> Leeds United have only won three times in 18 games against Chelsea \ud83d\ude10 <\/p>\n<p>STATS<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Leeds United have won just three times in 18 meetings between the two sides since the turn of the century under David O\u2019Leary, Terry Venables and Jesse Marsch<\/li>\n<li>Chelsea have won 11 times, the other four being drawn<\/li>\n<li>Leeds have won just one of their last 12 midweek games, a 2-1 win v Forest in 2023<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Farke has never beaten Chelsea (1D, 5L)<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Farke has beaten Enzo Maresca twice in two games (Leeds did the double over Leicester in 2023-24)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2249041534-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Farke.\" class=\"wp-image-120681\" \/>Photo by Shaun Botterill\/Getty Images      <\/p>\n<p>It could all depend on the formation that Farke opts to use against Chelsea. Anton Stach is back, which threatens Ilia Gruev\u2019s space in the side, while the attack is completely up in the air come Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>If there is one fringe player who used the Man City clash to his advantage and has cemented his place in the side for Chelsea, it is Tanaka. Especially, with Sean Longstaff set to be out for at least four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Leeds content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A week is a long time in football, and the feeling around Daniel Farke has changed to some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[12409,748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-604012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-ao-tanaka","9":"tag-britain","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\/115640615592676606","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604012","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=604012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}