{"id":749166,"date":"2026-02-07T20:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/749166\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T20:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:42:14","slug":"daniel-farke-amazes-after-what-happens-in-brilliant-leeds-win-vs-nottingham-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/749166\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Farke amazes after what happens in &#8216;brilliant&#8217; Leeds win vs Nottingham Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Farke-12-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leeds United manager Daniel Farke\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/eca62851c76ed78ed04ae8d3a8954940.png\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Aheed Abrar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Sat 7 February 2026 18:10, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Dawson has hailed Daniel Farke for getting his tactics right as Leeds United beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 in the Premier League on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/matchday\/jayden-bogle-sublime-9-10-baffles-leeds-united-player-ratings-vs-nottingham-forest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Dyche\u2019s team travelled to Elland Road<\/a> on 6 February, with the Whites taking a three-goal lead before Lorenzo Lucca\u2019s consolation goal towards the end of the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/matchday\/michael-dawson-highlights-exceptional-leeds-duo-as-game-changers-vs-nottingham-forest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jayden Bogle and Gabriel Gudmundsson were exceptional<\/a>, with the former scoring the opener for the West Yorkshire outfit before Boah Okafor and Dominic Calvert-Lewin found the back of the net.<\/p>\n<p>The Peacocks have earned three valuable points against the Tricky Trees, one of their relegation rivals, securing their advantage in the Premier League, with their two wing-backs pivotal as seen by their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofascore.com\/football\/player\/bogle-jayden\/929132?utm_source=motleedsnews.com&amp;utm_medium=FootballInfoplayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sofascore<\/a> ratings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gudmundsson_bogle-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Gabriel Gudmundsson and Jayden Bogle stats vs Nottingham Forest\" class=\"wp-image-221978\" \/>Credit: SofascoreLeeds United respond well vs Nottingham Forest after Arsenal loss<\/p>\n<p>Dawson was amazed to see the response from Leeds against Forest after a heavy defeat against Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The 4-0 loss at <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elland Road<\/a> could\u2019ve undoubtedly been damaging for the Whites, but they\u2019ve gotten back to winning ways.<\/p>\n<p>All over the pitch, the West Yorkshire outfit looked comfortable and dominated the Tricky Trees for most of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sky Sports News on 7 February, Dawson said, \u201cThey were exceptional last night from minute one. What a response it was last night against a team that were six points above the relegation zone. Thoroughly deserved it. Both wing-backs in Gudmundsson and Bogle, exceptional, gets his goal. Okafor coming into the team for the injured Stach.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The former defender added, \u201cI just thought they were brilliant all over the pitch. They were so solid. Justin playing on the right of a three. He would up in the box, got the assist for the second. I think all over the pitch, Farke got it right, and Forest couldn\u2019t deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/leeds-uniteds-secret-weapon-to-avoid-relegation-comes-clear-after-premier-league-reveal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Farke has taken a big step toward Premier League survival<\/a>, and consistency will be key for the Peacocks to avoid relegation.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not being backed in the winter transfer window, the German manager isn\u2019t letting that disappointment affect the team.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Farke has new hero at Elland Road<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/daniel-farke-could-sanction-leeds-exit-after-what-ilia-gruev-did-vs-nottingham-forest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ilia Gruev controlled the tempo of the game against Forest<\/a>, catching the eyes of many with his two assists.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulgarian midfielder has come into his own in recent weeks, as seen by his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofascore.com\/football\/player\/ilia-gruev\/911679?utm_source=motleedsnews.com&amp;utm_medium=FootballInfoplayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sofascore<\/a> record, after struggling at the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gruev-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds United midfielder Ilia Gruev's stats against Nottingham Forest\" class=\"wp-image-222034\" \/>Credit: Sofascore<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/daniel-farke\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Farke<\/a> has been able to bring out the best from most of his players, as evidenced by Calvert-Lewin\u2019s red-hot goalscoring streak in the last few months.<\/p>\n<p>Gruev may have made himself undroppable after his display at Elland Road, and exciting times are clearly ahead for fans in LS11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Sat 7 February 2026 18:10, UK Michael Dawson has hailed Daniel Farke for getting his tactics&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,1385,393,80358,4884,12412,1860,220954,16,15],"class_list":["post-749166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-leeds","tag-britain","tag-daniel-farke","tag-england","tag-gabriel-gudmundsson","tag-great-britain","tag-jayden-bogle","tag-leeds","tag-michael-dawson","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116031294723665900","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749166","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=749166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}