Jamie Carragher stated, during Sky Sports’ live coverage of Leeds’ win at Everton (28/11/20), that Patrick Bamford wasn’t happy with Marcelo Bielsa substituting him in stoppage-time.
The TV pundit pointed out that Bamford had ‘done his job’, and most importantly, he had ‘done it well’, but when the striker was walking off, he was expressing his annoyance at his manager’s decision.
Bamford had scored in every away game this season and he was closing in on matching Thierry Henry’s record.
Maybe that was on the Englishman’s mind, as Carragher shared that he would have been ‘desperate’ to match the Premier League legends record.
“He’s not happy,” said Carragher. “He has done his job. He has done well. But he would have been desperate for that record. [of matching Henry’s away record of goals scored since the start of the season].
“He probably should have got it today given the chances that he had.”
Leeds walked away from Goodison Park with only one goal to their name and given the number of chances they created, they should have scored more.
What was ironic is that given the number of clear-cut chances they did create, they perhaps scored the most difficult effort of them all.
But either way, the Leeds team that turned up on Merseyside against a top-quality Premier League outfit, looks like the same team, playing the same way and with the same mindset that used to cause havoc in England’s second-tier, which is a compliment to Bielsa and his coaching staff.
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