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Marcelo Bielsa suggests Leeds United’s two best available finishers

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Leeds United are having to cope without a number of their first-team attackers right now.

Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa during the Sky Bet Championship match between Millwall and Leeds United at The Den on September 15, 2018 in London, England.

Marcelo Bielsa has suggested to Leeds Live that he feels Tyler Roberts and Jack Harrison are the two best finishers available to Leeds United right now.

Leeds are without the likes of Patrick Bamford, Kemar Roofe and Pablo Hernandez at the moment, with the trio all out injured.

Bamford, Roofe and Hernandez are arguably Leeds’ most reliable players in front of goal.

But Bielsa insists that his side still has enough finishing prowess.

“I’m aware of the capacity of the skills of the two players you mentioned,” Bielsa said [when speaking about Roofe and Bamford].

“With the Tyler Roberts and Harrison we have solutions for finishing well. What I could tell you is 70 per cent of the changes during a game are with offensive players. In the last competition, Premiership, last season 70 per cent of subs were linked to wingers, nine and 10.

Leeds United's Tyler Roberts celebrates scoring his side's second goal

“This tells you the creative players and the strikers are responsible for the most difficult task during a game. I also can tell you I would like to have all the offensive players at my disposal because this allows you to rotate that gives several solutions to one position.”

Despite Bielsa’s positive words, Leeds have missed a clinical finisher of late.

The Whites were excellent against Sheffield Wednesday in their last outing, but failed to take the three points.

Although Leeds did avoid defeat in the contest, they could have picked up a victory, had they shown more attacking prowess.

Leeds are next in action later this evening, when they take on Hull City.

Leeds United's Jack Harrison takes on Middlesbrough's George Friend during the Sky Bet Championship match between Leeds United and Middlesbrough at Elland Road on August 31, 2018 in Leeds,...