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Every word Daniel Farke said on Leeds United's penalty loss, transfers, Summerville, Rutter, Gray, injuries
The manager was speaking after Leeds United were knocked out of the EFL Cup by Salford CityDaniel, out of the cup, but your side created so many chances tonight, how do you reflect on it?Yes, first of all we are disappointed. So my overall emotions because wanted to go into the next round and to be out after this game, it feels not good. I feel especially for lads because performance wise I can't really criticise too much tonight because we have created chances for more or less six games and incredible statistics, more than 30 shots. I think we more or less created enough chances to score five by halftime but the reality is we just got one in 90 minutes and the opponent was one time per half in our half so for that we had to accept the loss after 90 minutes. So yeah, they on the better end of the penalty shootout and that was the reason why we're not through to next round at this point.
How do you explain that wastefulness in front of God because at the weekend, your side were very, very clinical?Yes. Obviously we had also a few changes and also some clinical finishers like a Joel Piroe for example was not on the pitch, but you have to prove this in each and each every game. I think was also sometimes unlucky because he had definitely we should have won a penalty, for example, I'm quite sure we would have scored out of this situation. Yes, we hit the crossbar and then post several times, was also sometimes a bit unlucky, but it's also quality. When you're all alone in front of the goalkeeper at five yards out or six yards you have to put the ball into the net, not against the post or the goalkeeper made world class saves. So this is definitely something what we need to improve. It's not a genuine problem now otherwise we wouldn't have been so clinical in the last game, but in this game today, it was a problem. And this topics or in this terms were tonight, not the best level that's why.
Was it a stonewall penalty for you? We were a long way away from it. What did it look like to you?What do you think?
The replays look like it probably was?Yes, I agree. I agree. So yeah, everyone said in this scene that it was clear penalty, but what should I do? So was a decision of referee if he thinks this situation is not a penalty and it's not because, now I don't want to speak about it too much otherwise, I'm in trouble. So it is like this, the referee didn't give a penalty. And so he also had the thought that the only penalty that should be retaken was the penalty we saved. Yeah, he got the feeling so this was more or less the only penalty that should be retaken and all the others not much, but should it can't change.
Can I ask you about Georginio Rutter as well? At the weekend he got a wonderful goal and tonight he had a chance to score three four, maybe even five?Yes and he missed the penalty as well. So I think again, he's a bit like a like a picture of the whole team. So I think also performance wise really good. He put a shift in, workload was good, tried to everything to the end, was a good teammate, won many boys. Overall good performance. Yeah, but also disappointing with the outcome because out of the chances, yes, normally he scores two or three and he's also pretty clinical in using penalties. Sadly eh missed one today. Yes, disappointed for him but it's not the time for me to punish or to accuse anyone, it's more like you will after this game get an arm around shoulder because his work ethic was good. It was just one of these days.
Is one of the positives to take off tonight that fact you got more game time and partnerships such as Archie Gary and Ethan Ampadu?No, they didn't need more game time. Also not positive because at the moment he is unbelievably disappointed. He missed so many chances and also missed a penalty. So it's not really positive. But in general, his development, because I think performance wise if you compare this with the end of last season also like, the beginning of pre-season, it’s a different Georginio Rutter. We are all happy to have him and right now it's more like the time to back him and also like to give him lots of compliments for his development because if he goes further on like this, he will score many many decisive goals, but I can't take away that he is today disappointed as we all are because wanted to go on to the next one.
Were you reluctant to play Archie again because obviously played a lot of minutes in his first season in senior football?No, because we wanted to go on to the next one. I was not too concerned about recovery because we had three days with also with proper sleep. the travel was not wasn't too bad. We were not too late at home at the weekend. He also look good, his data looked look good and probably I would have preferred if he would have been in need a bit earlier, or the game would have been decided to take him off a bit earlier. Even right now so there are enough days to recover also for the weekend. Sometimes got the feeling the spotlight and the pressure for such young lads is difficult, you would give him rest but it's also a testament of how far he has come. We need him on the pitch when we need to be there with always performances at the moment and yeah, I think again, he proved today that he's a really good really good player. And that was also reason I left him quite on long pitch.
When you've got injury problems and you haven't quite got all your players in yet,how important as a player like Jamie Shackleton, who can play in different positions?I really love Jamie. So I think he's sometimes really underrated because he can play all positions wherever he plays, he's always reliable, always solid, always a good teammate, gives us everything. Sometimes even a bit of his problem that he has to play so many different roles and sort of coming into rhythm on one more but I think he proved again tonight as his unbelievable piece of our squad and I'm really really happy to have him definitely
Crysencio waited until the end to take his penalty and he seemed to be clutching his back a little bit, he is okay?Yes, he's alright. He got hit in his back and felt some pain. We had the decision that he shouldn't take one of the first five penalties but in the end you can’t choose if you’re on the pitch, you have to take one and I'm happy that was ice cold also to finish it. Yes would have been even better if he had finished also one of the chances during the 90 minutes but sometimes you can't choose.
What should the fans expect between now and Friday night Daniel we know Friday night is deadline day?Yes, behind the scenes even last hours we're working a lot. But if I'm honest, for tonight, it was not my topic because I just want to concentrate on this game and wanted to give my players all the attention and all the support that they need. So didn't check my phone in the last hour so I can't give you any news but behind the scenes we're working quite hard also to have the best possible squad during this tricky transfer window and yeah, hopefully we'll have in the end
Was Sam Byram in anyway close for this game?No sadly, he has an adductor strain and he is out for the weekend. He will miss the game at the weekend. We hope that he's back then on the other side of the International break. So the strain is not not too bad. But the tightness was something between two and three weeks. So for that definitely not available for the weekend. But hopefully then the other side.
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