‘Massive liability’, ‘Clueless’ – Many Leeds fans tear mainstay to shreds despite win v Burnley
Leeds United fans have slammed midfielder Mateusz Klich for his performance in the 1-0 win against Burnley at Elland Road on Sunday afternoon.
Klich, 30, was wasteful in the attack and at times, a total liability in defence at times due to giving the ball away to Burnley in dangerous areas of the pitch.
He skied a couple of shots well over the cross bar in the first half and his inability to play a simple pass to a team-mate put Leeds under pressure as Burnley searched for an equaliser in the second half.
Klich has started every Premier League match for Leeds this season and started all but one of the Whites’ 92 regular Championship matches while Marcelo Bielsa was in charge.
However, patience is starting to wear thin for a lot of fans after watching the Poland international struggle against one of the Premier League’s lowly teams on Sunday.
One fan dubbed the midfielder a “total liability” while another slammed him for making “careless mistakes“.
Here is a selection of their tweets:
https://twitter.com/mhui89/status/1343182808483819520
https://twitter.com/millenbrownact/status/1343170987047661569
Klich was eventually substituted off by Bielsa in the 66th minute with Jamie Shackleton coming off the bench to replace him.
Stats by WhoScored show that Klich had two shots against Burnley and both were off target. He also completed 81 per cent of his passes and failed to make any tackles or interceptions.
We need to see an improvement from Klich soon.
Bielsa’s unlikely to be considering dropping the midfielder due to him going through similar rough patches in the Championship but we cannot have passengers in the team in the Premier League.
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