Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford has admitted he 'could not find the answers' to overcome Nottingham Forest's defence on Sunday.
Forest made it five Premier League games unbeaten on Sunday with a 1-0 win over the Whites, in what was a huge win as they moved six points clear of their opponents. Bamford was starting his first league match in four months at the City Ground but entered the game full of confidence after three goals and two assists in four matches across all competitions.
Much of Leeds' main threat came in the first half, with Wilfried Gnonto the danger man as he put two chances on a plate for Luis Sinisterra and Bamford before missing one of his own. Other than that, though, Bamford hardly got a kick during the 67 minutes he was on the field, with Willy Boly and Scott McKenna doing a good job in nullifying his threat.
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Speaking to BBC Sport after the game, Bamford felt he needed more support from second man runners to free up some space but conceded it was a situation he just couldn't get the better of.
“I felt fine physically it was just a tough game. I was saying in the changing room then, their centre backs just literally had me to concentrate on so we needed more runners running past me to kind of drag them out of position and create a bit more space. Whereas the whole game was literally two v one which made it difficult and unfortunately today I couldn’t find the answers to solve that.”
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