The Whites were made to rue a pair of missed opportunities in the first half as both Mateo Joseph and Willy Gnonto failed to put the hosts ahead. Joseph went clean through after a minute only to shoot wide and Gnonto was played into a one-v-one situation with keeper James Trafford, who produced a fine save. And when Burnley were presented with a chance of their own, from Manor Solomon’s slip, they made no mistake. Luca Koleosho raced clear from his own half, Jayden Bogle failed to get close enough to stop the shot and Illan Meslier was rooted to the spot.
For all their possession in both halves, Leeds struggled to break the visitors down once the goal went in and Trafford responded well to anything that did get through. Referee James Bell gave Leeds a last-gap chink of light with a red card for Bashir Humphreys but it came too late in stoppage time to make a difference.Farke said it was difficult to understand how Leeds had not won the game in light of their dominance, which included 71 per cent of the possession and 17 shots to Burnley’s seven. “Of course it’s the most frustrating thing in football when you go back to the dressing room and can hardly explain why you didn’t win this game,” said Farke. “After this difficult international break, just one session together, I didn’t expect we would be that dominant. Really happy with our dominance, how we started on the front foot, dominated each and every statistic.
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