Four goals in his first six Leeds United matches ensured Eddie Nketiah was a striker the fans were desperate to see more and more of. The Arsenal forward became an emblem of Marcelo Bielsa’s unwavering loyalty to the core group he had at Elland Road.
Patrick Bamford would have to play through nine consecutive matches without a goal before Bielsa blinked on Nketiah. The number nine was on a dire run of form while the loanee seemed to score every time he came off the bench.
In truth, Nketiah only scored three goals in nine games across the same period Bamford was drawing blanks, but he was getting just a fraction of the same minutes on the field. Injury unfortunately struck Nketiah just as he was preparing for that full league debut for Leeds.
