Praise for Daniel Farke's 'interesting' approach in Leeds United's draw with Man Utd

Daniel Farke has been praised for the positive approach he showed during the final stages of Leeds United’s home draw with Premier League rivals Manchester United on Sunday afternoon.

After a surprisingly low-key and largely uneventful first-half at Elland Road, it was the Whites that struck first as the determination and energy of Brandon Aaronson allowed the United States international to get in behind the visitors defence and fire a low shot across Senne Lammens and inside his far post.

The visitors wasted little time in getting back on level-terms as substitute Joshua Zirkzee made an immediate impact by released Matheus Cunha in on goal and the Brazil international made no mistake with a typically cool finish. Although the Red Devils enjoyed some promising moments in the aftermath of the goal, it was Leeds that looked the more likely of the two sides to grab a winning goal inside the final quarter of an hour.

Farke more than played his part in getting his side on the front foot as the Whites boss introduced Lukas Nmecha, Wilfried Gnonto and Joel Piroe at the expense of Noah Okafor, Sebastiaan Bornauw and goalscorer Aaronson. It was Piroe who went closest to writing his name into the headlines as the versatile forward curled an effort narrowly over the crossbar in stoppage time with Red Devils keeper Lammens stood static as the ball went narrowly off target.

The two sides had to settle for a point after a lively second-half - but it was Farke who drew praise from former England duo Joe Hart and Owen Hargreaves in the aftermath of the game.

What was said about Leeds United’s approach in their draw with Manchester United?

Former Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart told TNT Sports: “I think it’s a big point, it keeps the run going, they were pushing at the end with loads of attacking players on the pitch and they would have loved the win. They’re just building on a really good spell in the season. They’ve played Liverpool twice, they’ve come off the back of the Manchester City loss, but they were fully in the game today, they were the team pushing to win, they’ll be the most disappointed not to come away with three points.”

Hargreaves replied: “I’m with Joe, that’s a great point for Leeds. To be fair, they’ve gone toe-to-toe with everyone and it puts them in a great position, on 22 points, in sixteenth, they’re in a really good position and in the last five minutes, they were really pushing to try and get a winner - but I think a point is probably a fair reflection of what happened today. It’s interesting at the end, Daniel Farke, his subs, he put on some attackers at the end, he was trying to win the game, he went positive and I think that’s because of the positivity and the momentum they’ve built in the last seven games, they think they can beat anyone.”

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