Daniel Farke: We want to deliver a good performance — Leedsunited.com 29/8/24

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Ahead of his side facing Hull City at Elland Road on Saturday afternoon, Daniel Farke has spoken with the media at Thorp Arch to preview the match.

Coming into the game, both teams are unbeaten in their first three Sky Bet Championship matches, with the Tigers having drawn three in a row, whilst Leeds secured a first win last time out against Sheffield Wednesday.

Looking ahead to the Yorkshire derby, the manager gave his thoughts.

Farke said: “We need to be focused on this game. We made a major step forward with a top result and also a top class performance against Sheffield Wednesday. We want to do the same again, deliver the same quality of performance and hopefully then also really good result in the home game against Hull, because each and every point counts.

“It’s a bit tricky to prepare for Hull because they probably also have some late incomings right now, lots of fluctuation during the summer, many new players in, many outgoing, so they are still in the process to find their feet. But, they are also three games in and three games unbeaten, it is not easy to create chances and score against them in the league. We know it's a difficult task, especially in a derby, and for that we have to be fully focused, fully switched on.

“The feeling is we are in a good mood, can play with confidence, especially after the last game, and want to make sure we deliver a good performance.”

The Whites defeated Sheffield Wednesday away from home last week and at the heart of the midfield in that one, Ilia Gruev is looking to make it back-to-back wins before the team head into the international break.

Previewing the game with LUTV, the Bulgarian gave his thoughts on facing the Tigers.

“We feel very good after this important win for us,” Gruev reflected, on the victory at Hillsborough. I think we played very good football. You can feel it, the atmosphere is good. It's nice to win again and it gives you confidence for the next tasks. We wanted to win this game and it was very important for us. I think you can see it and feel it as a fan, and also as a viewer, that we wanted it. The way how we played it, I would say it was very mature. They were a good team and I think to perform in this way at this difficult away game, it was very important for us to go back on winning ways.

“I think after these two clean sheets and now the important away win, we are confident that we can play good football, attractive football. The most important thing is to win at home now. If we win this game, it would be four games, eight points. It would be very good.”

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