Meslier fills Phillips void, Marsch-Struijk alert, Drameh homecoming in Leeds United moments missed - Leeds Live 6/8/22
Beren Cross
Leeds United beat Wolverhampton Wanderers in their opening Premier League game of the season and here are some of the moments you may have missed at Elland Road
Drameh welcomed back
Cody Drameh returned to Elland Road for the first time since
his loan move to Cardiff City in January on Saturday. The right-back left under
something of a cloud following Marcelo Bielsa’s comments about the youngster
forcing his way out for first-team football.
However, Drameh would go on to pull up trees in Wales. The
right-back would clean up at the end-of-season awards ceremony with less than
half a campaign under his belt.
He’s returned this summer and resolved to fight for a place
in the Leeds team and as he went out to warm-up with Rasmus Kristensen
stricken, he was warmly welcomed back into Leeds arms by the north-west corner.
Marsch’s words with Struijk
Leeds came out for the second half in what felt like
something of a slumber. Wolves had more possession, asked more questions and
Leeds made more errors with the ball.
In one instance, Leeds tried passing out from the back and
instead gave the ball straight to the Wolves attack. When the ball went dead,
Jesse Marsch was soon onto Pascal Struijk with a reminder the ball needs to
come down the left channel and not through the centre.
Aaronson gets the crowd going
In the 69th minute, as Leeds were slowly but surely coming
back into the game after a dodgy restart, Brenden Aaronson, still new to Elland
Road, seized on the crowd’s energy. As they won a simple corner in front of the
John Charles Stand, the American pumped his arms to show the fans their volume
was working for them on the field.
Meslier takes on the Phillips mantle
Kalvin Phillips left behind a great many things when he
crossed the Pennines to joining Manchester City. He was the local boy, the
talisman and a fine footballer, but he was also the chief showman with the fans
after a win.
Phillips would be the last man around the pitch after
full-time to thank the fans for their support before stopping in front of the
Norman Hunter Stand. The crowd were edge their noise up as Phillips goaded them
on before giving them several arm pumps as a finale.
