{"id":6181,"date":"2022-01-16T15:01:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T20:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/16\/marcelo-bielsa-on-patrick-bamfords-status-for-newcastle-latest-leeds-double-blow\/"},"modified":"2022-01-16T15:01:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T20:01:08","slug":"marcelo-bielsa-on-patrick-bamfords-status-for-newcastle-latest-leeds-double-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/16\/marcelo-bielsa-on-patrick-bamfords-status-for-newcastle-latest-leeds-double-blow\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcelo Bielsa on Patrick Bamford\u2019s status for Newcastle &amp; latest Leeds double blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa has, on Sunday, provided an update on the fitness of star striker Patrick Bamford, as well as several other members of his squad.<\/p>\n<h2>Harrison bags hat-trick<\/h2>\n<p>Bielsa, of course, guided his troops back into action a short time ago.<\/p>\n<p>After seeing the club\u2019s FA Cup hopes brought to an end at the hands of West Ham last weekend, the Whites returned to the London Stadium, this time eyeing a 2nd successive victory in the Premier League for the first time all season.<\/p>\n<p>And, when all was said and done, make it six points from six is precisely what Leeds went on to do.<\/p>\n<p>A game of the season contender, featuring drama, chances and goals galore, ultimately culminated in the visitors emerging on the right side of a 3-2 scoreline.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Harrison proved the star of the show, bagging all three of Leeds\u2019 goals, to deal a hefty blow to West Ham\u2019s top-4 hopes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What a response from Leeds!<\/p>\n<p>Jack Harrison grabs his second and Leeds go in front again, moments after Jarrod Bowen had equalised for West Ham! ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nvul9xW25w\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/nvul9xW25w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1482725595570225154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Could be an option\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Whilst they eventually emerged victorious on Sunday, though, Leeds\u2019 endeavours at the London Stadium came at a cost.<\/p>\n<p>This came as yet another pair of key members of Marcelo Bielsa\u2019s squad were added to the lengthy list of walking wounded in west Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, in the space of 60 first-half seconds, both Junior Firpo and Adam Forshaw pulled up with hamstring problems, eventually resulting in the pair limping out of proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media post-match, Leeds\u2019 boss was therefore inevitably asked for an update on the wellbeing of the latest additions to the treatment table at the club.<\/p>\n<p>And Bielsa simply went on to confirm that Firpo and Forshaw have picked up \u2018muscular problems\u2019:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? Bielsa. \u201cBoth came off with muscular problems. Of course, in the game so early on, where we had constructed our best moments, to generate adaptations with two subs has its costs.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LUFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MC0xCFJjzc\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/MC0xCFJjzc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Dinnery (@BenDinnery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenDinnery\/status\/1482754576126255113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even more significant, meanwhile, was an update on the fitness of Patrick Bamford.<\/p>\n<p>Hitman Bamford, who missed out once more this afternoon as a precaution, \u2018could be an option\u2019 to feature in Leeds\u2019 next outing versus Newcastle, Bielsa confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Also in with a shot of facing the Magpies, albeit less likely, are both Jamie Shackleton and Tyler Roberts:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018(Patrick) Bamford could be an option [for the next game], but also after a long period of inactivity and slightly less chance (Jamie) Shackleton and (Tyler) Roberts.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? \u201cWe\u2019ll see what options Bamford has, we think he could be an option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marcelo Bielsa confirms Patrick Bamford may return to the Leeds team to face Newcastle <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9lmaVcOfqb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9lmaVcOfqb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football Daily (@footballdaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballdaily\/status\/1482752004497846285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/potter-rooney-more-the-6-man-shortlist-to-replace-rafael-benitez-at-everton\/\">Potter, Rooney &amp; more: The 6-man shortlist to replace Rafael Benitez at Everton<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/down-to-bare-bones-liverpool-dealt-injury-blow-during-brentford-win\/\">Down to bare bones: Liverpool dealt injury blow during Brentford win<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa has, on Sunday, provided an update on the fitness of star striker Patrick Bamford, as well as several other members of his squad. Harrison bags hat-trick Bielsa, of course, guided his troops back into action a short time ago. After seeing the club\u2019s FA Cup hopes brought to an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-6181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}