Brenden Aaronson incredible as 3/10 teammate has shocker – Leeds player ratings vs Newcastle
Leeds United fell to a last-minute 4-3 defeat against Newcastle United at St. James’ Park on Wednesday.
Daniel Farke’s side travelled to St. James’ Park and were ambitiously hoping to extend their seven-game unbeaten run in the Premier League.
Brenden Aaronson put the Whites one goal up shortly after Pascal Struijk’s first-half miss, but Harvey Barnes brought the hosts back on level terms.
Leeds were given what some believed to be a controversial penalty before half-time, which Dominic Calvert-Lewin expertly dispatched.
Aaronson’s second-half goal was then cancelled out by a Bruno Guimaraes penalty and a very late Harvey Barnes winner for the hosts.
Brenden Aaronson is getting even better for Leeds
Aaronson has been a man possessed recently, a drastic change from someone who was bashed by nearly every supporter earlier in the season.
The American has taken his time to get up to speed with the Premier League this season, but now everything seems to be clicking for the attacker.
Aaronson’s first-half goal may have been the pick of the bunch after firing past Nick Pope from long range, but his second was the cherry on the icing on the cake of a top individual display.
His goals were great, but Aaronson’s overall display was even better.
The Leeds man made 13 defensive contributions in the match and completed 100 per cent of his dribbles successfully.
Gabriel Gudmundsson lost at sea vs Newcastle
Apart from creating one big chance against Newcastle, Gabriel Gudmundsson was otherwise useless.
The Swedish man has been great for the Whites since arriving on a permanent deal in the summer, but his stats at St. James Park were awful.
- Gudmundsson won just 33 per cent of his ground duels
- He failed to complete either of his two dribbles
- Gudmundsson was dribbled past and dispossessed on one occasion too
The defenders around Gudmundsson did their best for Farke, but the Swede was just unable to contain Newcastle’ forwards.
With the January transfer window now here, the Leeds boss may have to re-think whether or not he feels Gudmundsson can keep starting at left-wing back.
Leeds player ratings vs Newcastle
Lucas Perri – 5
Joe Rodon – 5 (off for Bornauw 90+7′)
Jaka Bijol – 6
Pascal Struijk – 5
James Justin – 7
Gabriel Gudmundsson – 3
Anton Stach – 7 (off for Okafor 80′)
Ethan Ampadu – 6
Ilia Gruev – 8 (off for Tanaka 90+7′)
Dominic Calvert-Lewin – 8 (off for Nmecha 87′)
Brenden Aaronson – 9 (off for Gnonto 90+7′)
Substitutions
Sebastiaan Bornauw – N/A (on for Rodon 90+7′)
Ao Tanaka – N/A (on for Gruev 90+7′)
Lukas Nmecha – 5 (on for Calvert-Lewin 87′)
Noah Okafor – 5 (on for Stach 80′)
Wilfried Gnonto – N/A (on for Aaronson 90+7′)