Having come off the bench for Leeds United, there was a brief moment when Dominic Calvert-Lewin might have thought he had ended his goal drought and equalised against Aston Villa.
Leeds had fallen behind to a Morgan Rogers’s free-kick, after Rogers had initially cancelled out an opener from Lukas Nmecha. But the goal was ruled out with Calvert-Lewin handling the ball into the net.
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It sums up Calvert-Lewin’s Leeds spell so far. The right positions, the right areas, trying to do the right things, but the last touch is letting him down. Calvert-Lewin has one Premier League goal for Leeds.
After a knock, Calvert-Lewin was benched against Nottingham Forest but on Sunday, Daniel Farke stuck with Nmecha up front. When Leeds signed Nmecha, he was only ever deemed a back-up signing up top.
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That shows Calvert-Lewin’s struggles in a nutshell. The fact that the striker signed to be his backup is now starting over him is alarming. Nmecha was good against Villa and is likely to retain his place at City.
Calvert-Lewin was unlucky that the ball hit his hand to go in, when it could have easily hit any other part of his body. But that is Calvert-Lewin at the moment, and Aston Villa poked fun at him on their Tik Tok.
Referee Rob Jones gave the goal initially, after Dan James had raced through and his cross or shot hit Calvert-Lewin before going in. Only for VAR to quickly rule the goal out, to the delight of Villa supporters.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin is having to eat his own previous words
After the win at Wolves, in which Calvert-Lewin, Anton Stach and Noah Okafor all scored their first goals for the club, Calvert-Lewin spoke to LUTV after the win about the club’s perceived lack of attacking tools.
Calvert-Lewin said the 3-1 win over Wolves put the murmurs to bed about Leeds’ lack of firepower in the final third. But a few weeks later, and it is clear that Daniel Farke’s side are badly lacking attacking options.
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January cannot come soon enough for Leeds and even then, there are doubts as to whether Leeds can spend money on new signings. Robbie Evans has made it clear that Leeds maxed out PSR in the summer.
Things look bleak for Leeds. Especially, with Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool coming up in their next three matches. Daniel Farke’s future is in doubt at Leeds and the club have slipped into the relegation zone.
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