Simon Jordan makes Leeds United and West Ham claim - one set of fans will love it

Leeds United’s Premier League relegation rivals have been warned against reading too much into Wednesday night’s 4-3 defeat at Newcastle United.

Daniel Farke’s men were in confident mood ahead of their midweek trip to St James Park after a seven-game unbeaten run had taken them eight points clear of the bottom three. With the likes of West Ham United and Burnley struggling to gather momentum and consistency, the Whites looked set to increase their advantage on their relegation rivals as two goals from Brenden Aaronson and a Dominic Calvert-Lewin penalty handed them a 3-2 lead against the Magpies with just over ten minutes remaining.

However, Eddie Howe’s side roared back into the contest with a controversial penalty from captain Bruno Guimaraes and that set up a grandstand finish that allowed Harvey Barnes to fire home a winning goal in the 102nd minute of a pulsating contest on Tyneside. Although several of the Whites relegation rivals will have taken positivity from the agonising loss, pundit Simon Jordan believes the performance produced by Farke’s side shows that they are capable of ‘taking the game for everybody’ and are ‘becoming a good side’.

Speaking on talkSPORT, the former Crystal Palace chairman said: “Leeds losing, whilst it might give a crumb of comfort for West Ham, Leeds are becoming a good side, and the fact they’ve been beaten 3-4, and were 3-2 up, and are taking the game to everybody. Not only are they changing the way they’ve played to make them more difficult to beat, but they’re now doing that and taking the game to the opposition.”

What did Daniel Farke say about Leeds United’s defeat at Newcastle?

He told the club website: “First of all, congratulations to Newcastle, many compliments I would say for both sides. Both sides have played this game in the manner this game should be played – very passionate, very emotional, very attacking-minded. Of course, there were also a few mistakes on both sides, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many goals. This is what both teams have to accept in terms of criticism.

“I have to say that I am more than proud of the performance of my lads, and also the desire and belief and the bravery that we showed here today against a side that was playing on Champions League level. Then of course the late heartbreak for my lads in the 90th or 91st minute, a handball given and then the last ten minutes was a bit like a basketball game. Of course if it is not a draw, one team was on the unlucky side.”

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