Daniel Farke refuses to blame Joel Piroe for Leeds United’s scoring drought.
Joel Piroe played little for Leeds United in their 1-1 draw with Coventry City.
Leeds United’s wastefulness in front of goal is a concern, according to Daniel Farke, but the fault does not fall exclusively on Joel Piroe. The result did not reflect the dominant Whites effort, as Coventry City salvaged a 1-1 draw at Elland Road.
Leeds dominated the game, with 65% possession and 20 shots to the Sky Blues’ seven. A simple victory appeared to be on the cards when Crysencio Summerville put Farke’s side ahead, but Coventry equalized shortly after through Bobby Thomas.
A surprised home audience watched as multiple chances were squandered, with Leeds squandering the opportunity to gain position in the automatic promotion chase. Piroe was one of the players that struggled to make an impression against Coventry.
Georginio Rutter squandered a handful of chances, but Piroe had little influence from his number 10 position. Some fans have begged Farke to put the Dutchman more forward, but their appeals have gone unheeded.
Piroe has now gone three Championship games without scoring, but Leeds manager Chris Wilder declined to single him out for criticism after the defeat. “It’s not just about Joel Piroe; it’s about the others stepping up,” Farke remarked. Even when I consider Joe Rodon’s header, it’s a case where a centre-back should have scored today.”
“I think he (Piroe) could be a little more tidy with his touches today and put himself in better positions.” Today was not his greatest day. And for that, we must accept it. He’s scored a lot of goals for us so far, and it’s absolutely one of the major subjects that my offensive players score, but all of the others, Daniel James has scored more or less in each of the previous home games, Cree (Summerville) has scored, and Rutter has an assist but should have scored today.
“It feels like two points were dropped after this game.” We created more than enough, and you have to be relentless to open them up, which we did with a wonderful goal from Summerville after Georgi’s (Rutter) ball. The issue is that we didn’t bury the game, instead blowing two or three chances.
“The number of opportunities we missed in the last 20 minutes was almost unbelievable.” The chances’ quality is also important. When I recall the one-on-one, the header, the five yards, and other scenes… Efficiency is a necessary characteristic (and) sadly, we did not demonstrate it sufficiently to win this game.”
