{"id":387797,"date":"2026-01-02T23:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T23:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/387797\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T23:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T23:21:10","slug":"daniel-farke-gets-excuses-in-early-before-leeds-host-man-utd-ruben-amorim-must-take-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/387797\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Farke gets excuses in early before Leeds host Man Utd, Ruben Amorim must take advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Leeds manager Daniel Farke is upset at the kick-off time given for Manchester United\u2019s trip to Elland Road on Sunday, but Ruben Amorim must be ready to take advantage of the early excuses at play.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot at stake on Sunday when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> travel to face Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is there a huge rivalry shared between the two clubs, United are hoping to get into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> top four and Leeds want to avoid relegation this season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ruben-amorim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ruben Amorim<\/a> will be demanding that his players take responsibility on a trip that promises to be hostile, in the stands at least, by getting back to winning ways following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-things-learned-as-manchester-united-draw-1-1-with-wolves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">disappointing 1-1 draw with Wolves<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>          Ruben Amorim\u2019s huge injury update news for Leeds United vs Man Utd at Elland Road \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Which Man Utd player will be missed the MOST for the Premier League match against Leeds? \ud83d\ude2d\ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ruben-amorim-man-utd-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim speaks during a press conference at the Carrington training complex in 2025 in Manchester, England.\" class=\"wp-image-319869\" \/>Credit: Ash Donelon\/Manchester United\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>The only way United can get back into the top four is by winning football matches. It would mark a perfect start to the new year if the Red Devils could secure three points at Elland Road.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2253800317-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Farke against Sunderland\" class=\"wp-image-319889\" \/>Photo by George Wood\/Getty ImagesDaniel Farke unhappy over kick-off time for Man Utd clash<\/p>\n<p>You would be forgiven for thinking Leeds manager Daniel Farke is in high spirits ahead of this game against United on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds took a point from reigning Premier League champions Liverpool on Thursday night to stretch their unbeaten run to four matches. By their own standards, Farke\u2019s side are in form as things stand and United must be mindful of that ahead of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Following his side\u2019s draw at Anfield, Farke expressed his anger at the 12:30 kick-off time for Sunday\u2019s clash with United when his team played on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope they can recover quickly and we\u2019ll see probably some late decisions for Sunday, when we have the earliest possible kick-off, straight after breakfast, more or less, why ever this is after a late evening kick-off today,\u201d Farke said, as quoted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/ruben-amorim-press-conference-live-33153319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Manchester Evening News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Man United since two days already on the sofa, whatever. We will find solutions for this fixture and at Elland Road, even if the legs will be a bit tight, we also have a chance, and we\u2019ll go for it again on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>          What is your message to Ruben Amorim ahead of Man Utd\u2019s visit to Leeds? <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">What does he need to change after the Wolves draw?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2253348601-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim walks off at full-time during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Wolves at Old Trafford in 2025 in Manchester, England.\" class=\"wp-image-319757\" \/>Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>This is a sign that Farke wants to get the excuses in early, especially after losing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/man-utd-benefit-as-daniel-farke-hits-out-at-officials-costly-decision-rules-out-key-leeds-midfielder\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">key midfielder Ethan Ampadu for the game<\/a> due to suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Amorim can take advantage of Farke\u2019s excuses by getting three points at Elland Road.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds last five results ahead of Man Utd clash<\/p>\n<p>Leeds have drawn twice with Liverpool in the last five matches.<\/p>\n<p>In the other games, Farke\u2019s side drew 1-1 with Brentford and beat Crystal Palace 4-1.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds also drew 1-1 with high-flying Sunderland a few days after Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>They will be looking to cause an upset when United come to town on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best United content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds manager Daniel Farke is upset at the kick-off time given for Manchester United\u2019s trip to Elland Road&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,1532,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-387797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-ruben-amorim","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}