'A bit like shaking a bottle of ketchup'

Leeds United boss Daniel Farke compares Joel Piroe's fantastic four-goal performance to "shaking a bottle of ketchup" during their 6-0 drubbing over Stoke City.

Piroe had been enduring somewhat of a drought in scoring, having not found the net in Leeds' past nine league games.

However, the Dutchman found four against Stoke, earning his hat-trick in the opening 20 minutes of the game.

"It's the fate of a striker that sometimes you have a dry period or a dip in form. Joel had this but he has worked so hard and got himself out of it,"" Farke told BBC Radio Leeds.

"In the last few weeks his performances were better but the ball didn't want to go in the net. It's a bit like shaking a bottle of ketchup, all of a sudden everything comes out and that was a bit the case today."

The game also saw a debut for 16-year-old Harry Gray.

The teenager is the brother of Archie Gray, who departed Leeds for Tottenham Hotspur in the summer, as well as grandson to Frank Gray and great-nephew of Eddie Gray.

Though his surname carries a huge legacy behind it, Farke is quick to dismiss that his family connections played a role in making the squad.

"I couldn't paint a better day for it to be honest. He wasn't just on the pitch because his name is Gray. I don't like to praise a young lad too early or too much but we believe in his potential," the German said.

"It was not a gift today, he has earned his position in the squad."