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Noel Whelan reacts to Leeds United defeat, praises one midfielder

Leeds' Liam Cooper is substituted after sustaining an injury as Leeds United manager Garry Monk looks on (REUTERS)
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Leeds United lost against Huddersfield Town in the Championship on Sunday afternoon.

Andy Couzens has taken to social networking site Twitter to give his reaction to Leeds United’s failure to win against Huddersfield Town on Sunday afternoon.

Leeds suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Huddersfield away from home at the John Smith’s Stadium.

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Izzy Brown put the home team in the lead in the 27th minute, but Chris Wood restored parity for the Whites on 35 minutes. Michael Hefele found the net in the 89th minute to wrap up all three points for Huddersfield.

Former Leeds midfielder Couzens was following the match, and he has taken to Twitter to give his reaction to the final result.

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Noel Whelan was following the match, and the former Leeds striker has explained why Garry Monk’s side lost the Championship game against Huddersfield.

“We dropped the pace, dropped the intensity and they upped their game to a level we couldn’t match,” Whelan told BBC Sport (14:00).

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“When we had the opportunity to turn and attack them, we just couldn’t find that one, good pass – we kept giving it away. They put the pressure on and were turning and driving into our box too easily sometimes.”

Picture Supplied by Action Images - Noel Whelan

Whelan has also praised the performance of 18-year-old Leeds midfielder Ronaldo Vieira.

“We never got near Brown, Lolley linked up play, Kachunga was dangerous – we couldn’t match them and Town won every second ball,” Whelan told BBC Sport (14:11).

“They won ball after ball and we couldn’t stop them. The first 50 minutes, I thought Vieira was excellent – and when that intensity drops off, it’s hard.”

Leeds are fifth in the Championship table at the moment with 54 points from 30 matches, while Huddersfield are a point above the Whites in fourth place with a game in hand.

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