Rodrigo issues message after Leeds United error and outlines thinking for future - YEP 17/10/22
Leeds United’s record signing Rodrigo has fronted up to his mistake in Sunday’s defeat to Arsenal and identified a positive he can take regarding the future.
By Lee Sobot
Whites boss Jesse Marsch selected Rodrigo in the no 9 role
for Sunday’s Premier League hosting of the table-topping Gunners but a terrible
cross-field pass from the Spanish international led to Arsenal scoring the only
goal of the game in the 35th minute.
Rodrigo’s attempted pass went straight to Bukayo Saka on the
opposite flank and the Gunners forward then played a neat one two with Martin
Odegaard before rifling a ferocious rising finish past Illan Meslier. Saka’s
strike proved the only goal of the game as part of a contest in which Leeds
created a host of glorious chances and missed a second-half penalty as Marsch’s
Whites dominated after the break. The result left Leeds 15th in the table and
just one point clear of the drop zone but Rodrigo has held his hands up to his
mistake and is now looking onwards and upwards.
"Many times the learning process is given through
error,” wrote Rodrigo on his Instagram page. "My bad yesterday. Looking
forward to the next one.”
