Leeds suffered their fifth defeat in a row at the hands of Leicester City at the King Power Stadium. The end result may have been the same, but their performance was one of the best, witnessed by the Leeds faithful, in recent times. There seemed to be a renewed confidence about the team, and their energy levels were up too. No longer were the players wading in treacle; we were privy to witness free flowing football and lightening fast counter-attacks. If they continue to play like this, surely they'll stay clear of the bottom three!

Schmeichel had to be at his best to deny Jack Harrison from opening the scoring midway through the first half. Dan James picked up the ball from the half way line, sprinting past the Leicester midfielders. He laid the ball off to Harrison, who struck the ball first time across the face of the host's goalmouth, only to be denied by Schmeichel's outstretched leg.

Minutes later, Junior Firpo almost opened his account. Rodrigo crossed the ball into the Leicester City penalty area, but the ball was only partially cleared by the foxes defenders. The ball broke kindly for the Leeds left back. His goalwards effort however was blocked on the line by some last ditch defending.

Leicester had to wait until the 44th minute to have their first strike on target. An out swinging corner was not defended properly, but Ndidi's effort was straight at Meslier. Early in the second-half, Schmeichel denied Rodrigo. The Spaniard flicked on Klich's corner, but the keeper managed to palm the ball away to safety.

Leeds should have gone ahead on the hour mark. Harrison and Firpo combined well down the left. Firpo crossed a low ball into the Leicester penalty area, where James and Rodrigo were waiting for a tap in. Unfortunately for the visitors, Schmeichel once again produced a world-class save from point-blank distance to thwart Raphinha.

Leeds hard work was undone with just over twenty minutes of the game remaining. Iheanacho combined well with Harvey Barnes. Regrettably, the Leeds Utd Nemosis never seems to miss. Both sides had their fair share of the latter periods, but an injury to Tyler Roberts meant they were effectively a man down as they searched in vain for an equiliser.

In his first match in charge, Jesse March can be proud of what he and his team have accomplished over the last week, not to say that Marcelo Bielsa doesn't deserve a share of the plaudits, by taking the Whites to the Promised land in the first place.

	Line Up		Nat	Match Events
		Meslier, Illan Goalkeeper
		Dallas, Stuart Defender
		Ayling, Luke Defender
		Struijk, Pascal Defender
		Firpo, Junior Defender
		Klich, Mateusz Midfielder
		Koch, Robin Defender
		Dias Belloli, Raphinha Midfielder
		Moreno, Rodrigo Forward
		Harrison, Jack Midfielder
		James, Daniel Midfielder
	Subs		Nat	Match Events
		Forshaw, Adam Midfielder
		Gelhardt, Joe Forward
		Roberts, Tyler Forward
		Bamford, Patrick Forward		Unused Sub
		Klaesson, Kristoffer Goalkeeper		Unused Sub
		Cresswell, Charlie Defender		Unused Sub
		Summerville, Crysencio Midfielder		Unused Sub
		Greenwood, Sam Midfielder		Unused Sub
		Shackleton, Jamie Midfielder		Unused Sub

	References
	LEEDSTATS: Leeds United Season 2021/2022
	Sheridan Dictates: Season Statistics 2021-22
	Leeds United Programme Guide: Season 2021/22