Garry Monk backed Hadi Sacko’s attitude and unpredictable style to make him a big hit at Leeds United after revealing the winger ran through a severe bout of cramp during Tuesday’s precious win over Blackburn Rovers.
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“He has been great, very supportive of what we are doing here and of myself, the staff and the players”.
“At 1-1 we had two great chances to win the game but Rob Green has pulled off two great saves”.
“We paid a heavy price for that lapse in concentration as we were dominating the game and looked the more likely to go on and win the match”.
Tickets for tonight’s match against Leeds will be on sale at Elland Road, cash only from the away ticket office adjacent to the away turnstiles. He was suffering physically but I knew with the character of the lad that he’d push through right until the end. But the bottom line is I think we’re certainly not getting our just deserts at the moment. Those tight games when you’re drawing, all of a sudden when things are going your way they become wins.
“This is not the start to the season we wanted, that is obvious”.
Cardiff are also struggling and have won just once this season, to sit one spot outside the relegation zone in the Championship.
Leeds took a gamble on the 22-year-old when they signed him from Sporting Lisbon in July, bringing him to England on a season-long loan with a view to a permanent deal, but Sacko has adapted quickly to the Championship.
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“It gives us another potent threat in the forward area”.
