Leeds United narrowly lost to the North Londoners on Monday night.
Patrick Bamford has said on Twitter that he and his Leeds United team-mates can take a lot of pride from Monday’s 1-0 defeat at the Emirates.
The Championship leaders out-played Arsenal for large spells in last night’s third-round FA Cup clash, but Reiss Nelson’s scrappy goal early in the second half undermined the Whites.
Leeds could and certainly should have earned a half-time lead after Bamford and a few other of Marcelo Bielsa’s side squandered fine goalscoring chances.
Here’s how the 25-year-old striker, a £10 million signing from Middlesbrough in 2018 [BBC Sport], reacted to the defeat on social media:
Despite the defeat, there was a lot of positives for Leeds last night.
Okay Arsenal haven’t been ripping up the Premier League this season, but they came into the game on the back of a fine win against Manchester United in North London.
Even with morale so high, Leeds comprehensively out-played them in the first half and it could be a sign of things to come.
The West Yorkshire club have a nine-point cushion in the automatic promotion places.
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