Charlie Taylor

Leeds United: Whites scruff it up in loss to Posh – highlights

Leeds United’s 2-1 loss to Peterborough was Garry Monk’s and the Whites’ first reverse of the preseason. This means that United will be facing their last pre-season opponents, in Serie A side Atalanta, next Saturday coming off a loss.

The game itself was won by the virtue of two long range shots by Peterborough striker Shaquile Coulthirst that evaded the despairing dives of Leeds’ keeper Rob Green. This came after Alex Mowatt had put the Whites ahead after turning in Kemar Roofe’s neat waist-high ball into the Peterborough area.

The story of the first-half was one of almost constant Leeds pressing, the Whites driving forward at their League One opponents with Kemar Roofe looking particularly tasty down the left flank. At times it was Zulu-esque with Peterbrough having to repel wave-after-wave of Leeds attackers. However, despite their industry, the Whites only had the one goal to show for it after 45 minutes.

The second half started badly for Leeds, Coulthirst notching his first after 48 minutes with a rasping, venemous strike from distance. Peterborough began to apply some pressure and this paid dividends as Coulthirst notched his second from outside of the area. Leeds still pressed forward, with the hosts relying on keeper Ben Alnwick to maintain their ascendency.

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It was an entertaining game and Leeds fans got a glimpse of the high-octane attack that the Whites will hopefully be able to put out with more consistency as the team gel together better. The first half display was a Leeds that hasn’t been seen for a while, one Peterborough fan I know summed up Leeds’ opening 45 by simply saying “you are battering us.” Thing is, you can batter away, have X amounts of chances and shots on target but at the end of the day the only numbers that count are the goals. Leeds were on the end of two of them in their first taste of league opposition.

Match highlights – Coulthirst holds one side of the speed/distance/time triangle

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