Chapter 175: The firepower is fierce

After Leeds United's 7-1 home win over Chelsea, it has been in the English Premier League standings with 23 games, 20 wins, 3 draws, 0 losses and 63 points ahead of the second-ranked Manchester City as many as 12 points, the points gap of 10 points is already an insurmountable gap, 12 points makes the "Young Guards" have a feeling of looking down on all beings, and what is even more terrifying is their powerful firepower of scoring 102 goals.

Last season, Leeds United scored 119 goals in 38 league games, an average of 3.13 goals per game, and this season they have scored 102 goals in 23 games, an average of 4.43 goals per game!

On the player scoring average, Shaq leads the five teammates behind him with 8.86 points, Tevez 8.47 points, Jonny Brown? Hausen 8.45 points, Pivkowski 8.13 points, Ben? Parker 8.05 points and Red 7.72 points.

Leeds United's players have been at a really high level this season, and their top-six finish shows just how brave these players are.

If the average number of points scored by players is not enough, Leeds United's sweep of the rest of the stats is a testament to just how strong the leaders really are......

In the scorers' list, Shaq leads the list with 30 league goals, with Carlos Tevez second with 28 goals.

On the assist list, Pivkowski and Tevez are tied for first place with 14 assists. Hausen is third with 13 assists. Parker is fifth with 12 assists and Shaq is sixth with 10 assists.

In the best number of times in a single game, Shaq beat teammate Carlos Tevez with 10 best player of the game, and both men left everyone else behind.

On the steals list, Shaq topped the list with 8.94 steals per game, even two more than the second-place average per game. It's hard to surpass this number.

It can be said that the performance of the "Young Guards" this season has been overwhelming, and compared with other teams, the gap is so big that it is desperate.

Can Simon? Grayson and his disciples didn't feel that way, they were still strong and fierce. Shaq, the core figure of the "Young Guard", is still strong, which is simply ...... Make somebody's blood boil!

In the second leg of Leeds United's Carabao Cup semi-final at home to Arsenal on January 28, Tevez, Ameobi, Nelson? Oliveira were given a break, with the Leeds captain being deployed on the left wing, behind him was Scottish genius No.10 John? Fleck, on the right is still Pivkovsky, David? Bentley's Combination ...... None of this matters, though, as the key figure for Leeds United is Shaq.

In the game, Shaq scored in the 18th minute and scored with a header in the 20th minute, opening the door to victory for Leeds United with two goals. After the youngster Ashley? Goals from Hood and Pivkowski helped Leeds United beat Arsenal 4-0 and advance to the Carabao Cup final.

In the fourth round of the FA Cup, Leeds United met Manchester United, and it was an away game, but the team that won the title in the hands of "old man" Ferguson last season is now as fragile as a paper tiger in the hands of Moyes, even at home, Moyes's team only resisted for 31 minutes.

At 31 minutes into the game. Shaq picks up his good brother Jonny on the left side of Manchester United? Hausen's pass was scored from four meters in front of the goal. Opened the scoring for Leeds United.

In the 57th minute of the second half, teenager Ashley? Hood picked up John near the penalty spot? Fleck's cross and a furious shot broke through Manchester United's goal again, locking the score at 2:0!

Shaq, who was pushed into a midfield position to adapt to one game, and then scored nine goals in four consecutive games, has now become the number one dangerous man for the "Young Guard" that all teams are wary of.

And Ashley, the little brother hiding behind Shaq? Hood had the opportunity to cool off against a tree. In the case of a small number of back insertions, he has scored in all the last 5 games, and now he has scored 5 goals. Hood has scored five goals in 13 appearances, all of which have come in the last five games. It seems that after Shaq was in full swing, the seventeen-year-old genius hiding behind him was also wiped out.

When the twenty-fourth round of the English Premier League arrives, Shaq and Ashley? Hood's goal frenzy has not stopped, and on February 5, the "Young Guards" defeated the Derby County team with a score of 4:1 at Elland Road Stadium. Hausen, Nelson? Oliveira, Ashley? Hood scored one goal each.

Now, Leeds United's players are too attractive in the transfer market, not only the "Leeds Three Musketeers" and others, but even the up-and-coming Ashley? Hood has also been asked by a number of teams, and even the media have publicly claimed that if anyone is willing to pay £10 million, they can take Ashley from Elland Road? Hood.

Simon? Grayson knows that many times what the media says is not necessarily false, they at least got the news or were instructed to say so, there must be someone behind this, or the player's agent wants to fight for a salary increase for the player, or it is simply used by other clubs to test it, but to buy Ashley for 10 million pounds? Hood's words...... It really doesn't seem to be a loss!

After mentioning the forward midfielder in Shaq's position, Ashley? Hood, a seventeen-year-old genius, has already secured the position of the main midfielder, and his performance is also remarkable, and even the media gave him the nickname "Little Shaq", Ashley? Hood did not dislike this nickname at all in an interview, but said modestly: "Shaq is my idol, he is the direction of my progress, I don't mind others seeing me as a second Shaq, I don't mind at all, because that means I am strong!" ”

Ashley? Hood is indeed a rare talented midfielder, but if he compares to Shaq, it is still not a small distance.

On February 9, in the 25th round of the English Premier League, Leeds United traveled to play Aston Villa away.

In the game, Argentine central defender Caruzo took advantage of a corner kick in the 19th minute to convert Ben? Parker's cross goes into the home side's goal.

But just 6 minutes later, Darren? Bent was successfully countered offside. Got past Roneckan and fired into the empty net.

Although Leeds United controlled the initiative of the game, Aston Villa, who was playing at home, put on a "bucket formation" very undisciplinedly, and when encountering a team like the "Young Guards", Aston Villa felt that it would be a victory to be able to draw.

The score of 1:1 remained unchanged for the rest of the first half, and the game entered the second half. Simon? Grayson began to transfer troops, and was replaced by John? Fleck and Pivkowski, Leeds United's attack was fierce, but it never blossomed and could not break the deadlock on the field, Aston Villa's Wales manager Tony? Pulis simply removed 23-year-old Dutch striker Luke and replaced him with a centre-back, leaving the iron bucket airtight.

At the critical moment, it was Shaq who stepped up......

When the game reached 71 minutes. Shaq got the ball with his back five meters from the top of the Aston Villa penalty area, facing Aston Villa's No. 17 Cameroonian defender Jean who ran back? Makong, Shaq's left foot played a bulltail pass, pulled the ball to his right back, and the Cameroonian, who was about to break the ball, lost his center of gravity and climbed on the turf.

And when Shaq turned around and quickly started chasing the ball, he relied on his speed to beat the Swedish central defender Jonas behind him? Olsen shook it off.

When Shaq ran to the left side of the arc to chase the ball, the "Shaq GOAL" that made every goalkeeper worry appeared......

"Bang!"

Shaq's left foot made a pop on the ball and it flew straight into the top right corner of the Aston Villa goal!

Aston Villa's 29-year-old American goalkeeper Brad? Guzan makes a save to the left. But his eyes saw the ball, and his ears heard the "sizzle" sound of breaking through the air. His body alone...... I can't keep up!

The ball slipped past his eyes and ended up in the middle of the net...... 2:1！

“GOALLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

After the goal, Shaq opened his arms and yelled and ran to the left corner flag, and a group of teammates behind him also followed closely, all with ecstatic expressions on their faces, besieging the opponent for so long but unable to score a goal. Their hearts were already full of irritability, but fortunately...... Luckily, there's such a freak as Shaq on the team!

'The goal went in, it was Shaq again, it was probably the winning goal, and it's enviable for Leeds United to have such a leader!'

Simon? Grayson's moment at Shaq's goal. He also jumped up from the stands with his fists raised excitedly, laughing excitedly and hugging everyone around him, he really felt that it was so happy to have such a confidant as Shaq, which was already Shaq scoring in six consecutive games, and it was not six goals in six games, but 11 goals in six games!

This efficiency ...... It's invincible!

Aston Villa, who are playing at home, want to fight back after falling behind, but their strength is there, Leeds United seized the initiative after the game restarted, and continued to attack around the opponent, and Aston Villa did not have the power to fight back at all.

However, Aston Villa's completely shameless bucket formation was indeed a big problem, and the attack of the "Young Guards" could not break through the opponent's goal, and the score of 2:1 remained until the end of the game.

Simon? Grayson is quite happy with the result, after all, this is not a cup competition, you need to take into account the goal difference factor, this is just a league game, you can win it, there is no big difference between winning one goal and winning ten goals, it is three points in hand.

Driven by Shaq's consecutive goals, the "Young Guards" also continued to move forward in the league standings, with 25 games, 22 wins and 3 draws, accumulating 69 points, continuing to lead the second place Manchester City by as many as 12 points.

In recent times, the "Blue Moon" has also been very strong, they first played a three-game winning streak in the league, and then after a draw with Everton, they played a six-game winning streak, although they failed to close the gap with Leeds United in the standings, but also left the third-place "Gunners" Arsenal by as many as five points.

It's a pity that Leeds United have rarely made mistakes after being led by Shaq. (To be continued......)