Mateusz Klich makes prediction about Leeds United's clash against Leicester City

MATEUSZ Klich has highlighted the importance of Leeds United taking their chances in Monday night's hosting of Leicester City with the midfielder expecting a similar clash to the Wolves game.
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United dominated the first-half of their Premier League hosting of Wolves on October 19 but failed to stamp their authority in a goalless first period and Marcelo Bielsa's Whites paid the price after the break.

Wolves then improved after the interval and bagged the only goal of the game in the 70th minute when a strike from Raul Jimenez took a huge deflection off Kalvin Phillips to beat 'keeper Illan Meslier.

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Leeds then bounced back with a fantastic 3-0 success at Aston Villa four days later as part of a weekend in which Leicester recorded a 1-0 triumph at Arsenal after sitting back and catching the Gunners on the counter with an 80th-minute winner from Jamie Vardy.

TASTER? Leeds United midfielder Mateusz Klich battles with Joao Moutinho during last month's 1-0 defeat at home to Wolves. Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images.TASTER? Leeds United midfielder Mateusz Klich battles with Joao Moutinho during last month's 1-0 defeat at home to Wolves. Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images.
TASTER? Leeds United midfielder Mateusz Klich battles with Joao Moutinho during last month's 1-0 defeat at home to Wolves. Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images.

Klich watched the game and the Pole expects a similar approach from the Foxes against Leeds and a clash that could mirror United's encounter against Wolves with the midfielder highlighting the conversion of United's chances as key.

"I think it will be a very similar game to the Wolves game,” Klich told LUTV.

“I watched Leicester versus Arsenal, they had three centre-halves and played on the counter-attack.

"We have to do better this time and score goals.

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“Against Wolves, everything was fine but we missed chances and lost the game in the end, so we need to improve on that.

“In my opinion, you need to score goals to win games, but it’s also important to have a clean sheet and stop your opponent from scoring goals.

“It’s essential to winning the game for us, to defend as a team.”

Reflecting on United's display in the 3-0 win at Villa, Klich said: "I think it was a very good second half and a strong first half as well. In general it was a very good game from us.

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"This is just the beginning so hopefully we can repeat this.

“We’ve had many good games in my time here, I remember a couple of games we dominated so much, but they were mostly in the Championship, this is different, this is Premier League.

“It was a great game and we got a couple of days off after and then we started preparation for the Leicester game.

"Hopefully we can play the same as we did against Aston Villa."

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