Fulham 1-0 Leeds: What Farke said
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Leeds boss Daniel Farke spoke to BBC Match of the Day after his side's defeat at Fulham: "Yeah, of course, as we all know, sometimes football can be cruel and can be heart-breaking.
"Sometimes you are on the lucky side and today we were definitely on the unlucky side. I feel for the lads, after a couple of difficult weeks, we showed an excellent away performance - we were rock solid.
"We did not give any chances away then in the 95th or 96th minute, pretty much the last situation of the game to lose with an own goal, it was not even a chance. The circumstances before when it was a throw-in for us and they changed their decision - it was heart-breaking for us.
"Football can be like this but I'm just proud of the performance and how we dealt with the offensive threats of Fulham, how controlled we were. For 65 minutes, we looked the side more likely to win this game."
On the Gabriel Gudmundsson own goal: "I've worked a long time in football but such a strange situation, I've not seen [before]. Even a striker would struggle to score such a header. I think maybe we was concentrated on the blocking and lost his balance and was then a bit surprised.
"It's difficult to explain. Of course, he's the most heartbroken in the dressing room so he doesn't need any criticism from me. He needs an arm around the shoulder.
"It was an excellent performance and it was tough for him, tough for the lads, who deserved more."
On the attack: "They did very well. It's never easy, first game for Noah [Okafor] and Dominic [Calvert-Lewin] and it's a difficult away game. It's a bit easier to come in in a home game but I got the feeling today was the right time.
"Noah went for as long as he could and was excellent, I'm glad he could play for 70 minutes. Same as Dominic after such a long break. I was pleased with them and Brenden Aaronson was fantastic - I've never seen a winger defend that left side of Fulham like he did.
"We had good situations and could have been a bit more effective in those situations."
Did you know?
Leeds have scored just one goal in the Premier League so far this season (v Everton on MD1), with this being their fewest after four games of a league campaign in the club's history.