Leeds United 1 Barnsley 0 - How the players rated at Elland Road

Leeds United

Illan Meslier – made a few saves that were not the most taxing, but important 7

Luke Ayling – suffered more than most with Marcelo Bielsa’s tactical tinkering 6

Ben White – played in midfield and at centre-back 6

Liam Cooper – some heroic blocks from the captain 7

Gaetano Berardi – like Ayling, he was moved around a lot in the first half 6

Mateusz Klich – played some gorgeous passes, including for the goal 8

Helder Costa – would have opened the scoring had Michael Sollbauer not put through his own net, but seeing him stretchered off was a worry 6

Stuart Dallas – forced a good save from Jack Walton late on 6

Tyler Roberts – struggled to make a first-half impact 5

Jack Harrison – a few decent moments before his withdrawal 7

Patrick Bamford – persisted well for the goal, and held the ball up well late on 7

Substitutes:

Pablo Hernandez (for Roberts, 46) – his late withdrawal was a worry 6

Ezgjan Alioski (for Costa, 49) – yet again added something from the bench 7

Pascal Struijk (for Harrison, 60) – Leeds were under the pump when he came on X

Jamie Shackleton (for Hernandez, 90) – N/A

Not used: Douglas, Poveda, Casilla, Stevens, Casey.

Barnsley

Jack Walton – some good saves counted for nothing 8

Kilian Ludewig – part of a dogged defensive effort 6

Michael Sollbauer – scored an own goal and lucky not to concede a penalty but a threat in Leeds’s penalty area 6

Mads Andersen – defended heroically 7

Jordan Williams – given a tough task by Costa 6

Callum Styles – his energy really added something in midfield 7

Aapo Halme – not an easy task against Leeds’s creative midfielders 6

Alex Mowatt – worked hard in midfield 7

Jacob Brown – an excellent curling cross in a good attacking display 7

Cauley Woodrow – regularly showed his quality 7

Connor Chaplin – lively as always but missed a good first-half chance 7

Substitutes:

Luke Thomas (for Halme, 45) – brought something to the game when he came on but could not find the net 7

Patrick Schmidt (for Brown, 78) – the game had got frantic by the time he came on 6

Clarke Oduor (for Williams, 84) – N/A

Not used: B Williams, Bahre, Ritzmaier, Schmidt, Wolfe, Marsh, Collins.

Referee: J Gillett (Australia).

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