Leeds United claimed an impressive home win against Premier League rivals Chelsea on Wednesday night.

A former Leeds United defender has praised a number of current Whites stars for their performances in Wednesday night’s win against Chelsea.

Daniel Farke’s side produced a much improved display as goals from Jaka Bijol, Ao Tanaka and Dominic Calvert-Lewin set up what felt like an important win as the Whites aim to avoid relegation from the Premier League this season. Despite Pedro Neto giving the visitors some hope of instigating a comeback when he got the Blues back into the game five minutes after half-time but Calvert-Lewin’s goal with just under 20 minutes remaining ended any doubt over the destination of the points.

The win ensured Farke’s men are now three points clear of the Premier League relegation zone ahead of another big test on home soil when reigning champions Liverpool travel to Elland Road on Saturday evening. The Reds will face a Leeds defence that produced one of their best performances of the season - and former Whites star Aidy White believes one member of Farke’s backline is going under the radar after producing a number of impressive displays during the campaign.

He told BBC Radio Leeds: “Gudmundsson in all areas of the pitch today was fantastic. A couple of deliveries in the first half, phenomenal. In the second half, you could see he was starting to fatigue a bit. The only thing he maybe could have done a little bit better was his body shape in the goal for Chelsea.

“When the ball came in, he was very square. He just needed to open up a bit, and he realised too late where Neto was. The centre-halves as well, all three were great, Struijk especially. Rodon as well; he always goes unnoticed because every week he’s at eight out of ten, at least.”

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