Leeds United player ratings v Burnley: Aaronson, Piroe shambolic, Ampadu shines
Leeds United and Burnley shared the spoils as they played out a 0-0 draw on Monday.
A game that had a lot riding on it, offered no real entertainment, with both sides struggling to get out of second gear.
At full time, a draw was pretty much a fair result as neither side’s performance merited the three points at Turf Moor on 27 January.
Here are our player ratings from the game:
Illan Meslier – 6
The highlight of the game was a save he made after the player was in an offside position but it was still a relatively comfortable contest in goal for him.
Jayden Bogle – 7
Decent game at the back for the right-back and arguably did not deserve to get booked when he did.
Joe Rodon – 7
Appeared to go down too easily and would’ve been punished had the referee been better but apart from that, was solid at the back.
Ethan Ampadu – 8
Quality in defence for Leeds as he made a number of vital interventions from start to end.
Sam Byram – 5
Offered no attacking threat from left-back and was comfortable only sitting back and defending.
Ao Tanaka – 6
Tidy performance in the middle of the park but did struggle on a few occasions without possession.
Ilia Gruev – 4
Slowed the attack down on numerous occasions and did little to justify his place in the eleven over Joe Rothwell.
Dan James – 4
Was way off the pace on Monday evening and then picked up a yellow card which pretty much summed up his underwhelming display. He did manage a respectable shot on target close to the end.
Brenden Aaronson – 3
Horrendous decision making in the final third as he offered little to no creativity around the opposition penalty area.
Manor Solomon – 6
Tried his best but did not offer the sort of threat fans have been used to seeing from him in recent weeks.
Joel Piroe – 3
Another poor performance from the striker as he struggled to get involved and was a passenger for most of the game.
Substitutes
Largie Ramazani – 5
Offered some attacking threat after coming on but failed to really test James Trafford in goal with his effort late on.
Mateo Joseph – 4
Much like Piroe, he was barely there to make things happen or run in behind defenders.
Josuha Guilavogui – N/A
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