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The young Dutchman, who was placed on the opening penalty in the last minute to replace the injured Kalvin Phillips, received a strong foul from Jack Grealish in the 10th minute of the game, which his coach, Marcelo Bielsa, did not like. Not so much that ten minutes later, when Struijk stomped again and only his luck saved him from the second yellow, the Argentine teacher replaced his exalted player.
Maybe not because of that, but Leeds won 3-0 in Birmingham, against the team that not long ago champion Liverpool was 7-2 and was able to win 1-0 in Leicester as well, and has so far been left without a points loss in the PL so far. The hero of the match was Patrick Bamford, who scored a hat-trick, and his second and third goals in particular were dizzying.
With the win, Leeds rose to third place, although they played one game more than their rivals.
After the purge, Bielsa explained Struijk’s replacement as follows:
He had a nasty foul for turning yellow and then he committed another foul that was bordering on another card, so I replaced him.
That’s …
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