Clinical Pontus is set-piece king

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The LeaguePaper Team
17 December 2017

By Michael Hale
LEEDS UTD 1
NORWICH C 0

SWEDE SUCCESS: Leeds United’s Swedish defender Pontus Jansson meets Pawel Cibicki’s free-kick to score the winner

NORWICH City boss Daniel Farke admitted his side must improve their defending at set-pieces after Pontus Jansson’s header saw Leeds earn a narrow victory.
The Canaries altered their usual marking tactics to accommodate the threat of Jansson, but that didn’t stop the Swede from popping up with the firsthalf winner.
Farke admitted that losing the game in the fashion they did was frustrating. “W...

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