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Kemar Roofe hails Leeds team-mate Hadi Sacko

Leeds' Hadi Sacko clashes with Kyle Bartley (REUTERS)
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Leeds United edged out the West Midlands side with a 1-0 win on Saturday.

Kemar Roofe has told LUTV that Leeds United team-mate Hadi Sacko had a “massive impact” in Saturday’s win at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Leeds moved three points adrift of the playoff places with a narrow 1-0 win at Molineux yesterday.

An own goal from Sílvio Manuel Pereira proved enough for the Whites but Roofe was on hand to convert the Sacko cross had Pereira not diverted it into his own net.

Sheffield Wednesday's Fernando Forestieri (L) and Almen Abdi in action with Leeds United's Luke Ayling and Hadi Sacko (R)

The 22-year-old winger has been a mixed bag since joining United a season-long loan from Sporting Lisbon this past summer.

But Saturday was one of his more productive displays, and Roofe, a £3 million signing from Oxford United, says he was a big threat against Wolves.

Leeds'  Hadi Sacko clashes with Kyle Bartley

Asked by LUTV if Sacko was a big threat, Roofe responded: “Yeah of course. He always is. He’s doing well and he has had a massive impact today.”

Sacko has done well for the most part since arriving in Yorkshire, but there is the sense that he is still a little rough around the edges.

The French winger has come under scrutiny for his final ball – or lack of – and going forward that is certainly one of the areas which he can work on.

Tommy Smith of Huddersfield Town in action with Hadi Sacko of Leeds United