Leeds United will have to produce their best defensive performance of the season if they hope to take points off Manchester City as they bid to retain their Premier League status, interim manager Sam Allardyce said on Friday.Allardyce was parachuted in on Wednesday in a desperate attempt to avert relegati
Leeds United will have to produce their best defensive performance of the season if they hope to take points off Manchester City as they bid to retain their Premier League status, interim manager Sam Allardyce said on Friday.
The odds will be stacked against a Leeds side who have the worst defence in the top flight, with 67 goals conceded in 34 games. Asked about the problem areas he needs to address, Allardyce said:"In possession I've always seen them to be very good, but out of possession recently has been, as everybody can see by the goals they've conceded, something that needed most of the work on.
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