Leeds United's statement victory at Leicester City forged by Thorp Arch brotherhood — Leeds Live 3/11/23
Leeds United ended Leicester City's run of nine consecutive victories on Friday evening as a Georginio Rutter goal was enough to see off the league leaders
Daniel Farke's Leeds United side is a 'brotherhood' that are
clicking on and off the pitch after the Whites saw off high-flying Leicester
City on Friday evening, according to former Whites star Jermaine Beckford.
Georginio Rutter's second-half strike was enough to claim a hard-fought 1-0
victory at the King Power Stadium and claw back three points on the runaway
Championship leaders.
While third-placed Leeds United remain 11 points behind the
Foxes in the table, the win will make the rest of the division sit up and take
notice as the hosts dropped points for only the second time in 15 matches this
term.
"It’s more of a brotherhood than team-mates and that
speaks volumes for them," former Leeds striker Beckford told Sky Sports
following the match. "I was speaking to a few of the boys downstairs
before the game started, but you could see and sense that they are there for
each other - they are all great friends.
"The camaraderie is there in abundance and whatever
goes on off the field, they are able to take that on the pitch and know each
other and trust each other as friends and football players. This is a massive
victory against this Leicester City side - it was never going to be an easy
game for either side, but Leeds looked more potent in attack and that was
because of the freedom that they were rewarded."
Rutter netted the vital goal two minutes before the hour
mark, when he was in the right place at the right time to poke home after Mads
Hermansen parried a Sam Byram header from a Dan James corner, with Beckford
praising the Frenchman's positioning.
"It starts off with a great cross," Beckford
continued. "It’s great movement as well from Sam Byram. He gets a good
header on it, it’s a good save from the goalkeeper and he can’t do much else,
but Georginio Rutter’s position here, he doesn’t have to move and as a forward
you are told if you are stood on the six-yard box when the corner comes in, the
likelihood of the ball dropping to you is relatively high.
"You will get five or six goals like that in a season
if you wait in those areas. You don’t have to do anything - you don’t have to
move or lose defenders, the others will move around you and by standing still,
you create spaces which is what he did really well. "
