Despite fasting from dawn until sunset, Nohan Kenneh turned in a superb Leeds United performance on Monday night as the under-23s hammered Crystal Palace. The 19-year-old played as one of the two central midfielders in the 4-2-3-1 system we have become accustomed to with Jesse Marsch’s first team.
Kenneh was formidable alongside Jack Jenkins in the middle of the park as Andrew Taylor’s side romped to a 4-0 victory in Premier League 2 at Elland Road. Though Kenneh has most commonly been seen in central defence across the past couple of seasons, he stepped up in a more advanced role on Monday even though he had not eaten or drunken anything since dawn.
The Liberian is a Muslim and fasting during the month of Ramadan, which means his body was operating on very little fuel all evening. Taylor said: “He’s obviously played centre-back the last few weeks.
