Passing scared
If the most encouraging aspect of Leeds United’s opening 45-minute shutout was the tenacity and frequency of ball-winning challenges, the most frustrating was the immediate return of the football to Manchester City. Time and time again, Leeds would lead the champions down alleyways, trap them, force errors or force the ball from them and then lump it to away defenders.
A fraction more composure and this could have been a very different affair for the Whites. Had they realised how much time and space they had, they would have surely created more of a threat going forward.
