Mateusz Klich appears to have given one Leeds United star his approval after they engaged in a little of the dark arts towards the end of the Whites’ clash with Leicester City on Friday night.
For 80 minutes of Friday’s game, it appeared that Leeds were going to suffer a costly defeat at the hands of the Championship leaders. It was a flat performance from Daniel Farke’s side. And the visitors could have killed the game off several times over during the second-half.
But the introductions of Daniel James and Patrick Bamford seemed to change everything. The pair, James in particular, injected some real energy into the side again. And as soon as Connor Roberts equalised, Elland Road became a different beast.
Mateusz Klich approves of Daniel James clash in Leeds win
Certainly, it would have been difficult to not get carried away in that atmosphere. And it seems that the occasion brought out a different side of Daniel James.
When James was battling with Ricardo Pereira for a long ball into the Leicester half, the Welshman gave away a free-kick by bundling the Foxes captain over.
Klichousery lives on at Elland Road
As James got to his feet, he seemingly saw a perfect opportunity to wind up the defender and kicked the ball into Ricardo while he remained on the floor. Needless to say, he was not at all happy with James’ actions and that led to some shoving.
Ricardo was already on a yellow card – which was an absolutely baffling decision, it has to be said – so James perhaps sensed that he could get the skipper sent off. However, Craig Pawson kept his cards in his pocket.
Of course, any Leeds player on the wind up is going to be compared with Mateusz Klich, with the Poland international widely known for his famous Klichousery.
So James will be delighted that Klich appears to have been impressed with his former teammate’s actions, judging by his response to the clip on X…
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