Jack Harrison salutes 'brilliant' Leeds United team mate and explains 'lucky' strike at Burnley

JACK Harrison insisted his clever strike in the 4-0 victory at Burnley was lucky but hailed Leeds United's resilience and the star quality of Rodrigo at Turf Moor.
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Sean Dyche's Clarets began brightly in Saturday's Premier League clash at Turf Moor but Leeds held firm and went 1-0 up through Mateusz Klich's fine finish one minute before the break.

Harrison then doubled the Whites advantage on the hour mark when producing what appeared to be a sublime and instinctive flick to turn a low Gjanni Alioski shot past Burnley 'keeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell.

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Harrison then laid on two superb passes for substitute Rodrigo to net a late brace meaning the Whites winger finished the game with two assists and a goal but modest about his achievements.

LOVE-LY GOAL: Jack Harrison, front, celebrates his clever strike in Leeds United's 4-0 victory at Burnley but the modest winger insisted he got lucky. Photo by GARETH COPLEY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.LOVE-LY GOAL: Jack Harrison, front, celebrates his clever strike in Leeds United's 4-0 victory at Burnley but the modest winger insisted he got lucky. Photo by GARETH COPLEY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.
LOVE-LY GOAL: Jack Harrison, front, celebrates his clever strike in Leeds United's 4-0 victory at Burnley but the modest winger insisted he got lucky. Photo by GARETH COPLEY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.

"I think my goal was a bit lucky but I think as a team we can be very happy with that performance," said Harrison, speaking to BT Sport.

"I meant to just direct it towards goal but I wasn't sure if I was offside or not and luckily for us I was onside.

"Rodri makes some brilliant runs and you can see the quality that he has to finish it off. Two class finishes from him."

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Reflecting on his side's improvement as the game developed, Harrison reasoned: "In the first five minutes of the game they were all over us.

"They kept us in our box and we found it very difficult for us to play out.

"But I think we defended well and just managed to get through that tough period as a team and after that settled down and played our game."

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Thank you Laura Collins