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title: "Leeds: Beren Cross slams Pascal Struijk’s display"
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author: "Luke Randall"
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published: "2023-02-05T19:45:26Z"
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# Leeds: Beren Cross slams Pascal Struijk’s display

Pascal Struijk has been criticised for his poor performance by journalist Beren Cross as[Leeds United](https://www.footballfancast.com/leeds-united-news) fell to defeat at the hands of Nottingham Forest.

### What’s the word?

The left-back had a difficult time against Forest and was substituted off in the 67th minute as fears of picking up a second yellow card increased.

Leeds were arguably unlucky to lose, having dominated both possession and attempts, but Brennan Johnson’s first-half strike was enough to see them lose again.

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In his match review for [Leeds Live](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/leeds-united-player-ratings-forest-26161843), Cross gave Struijk a rating of 5/10, and stated that the Dutchman did not contain Johnson well.

“Tough afternoon dealing with Johnson down his flank. Consistently looked a yard off the pace when dealing with the forward. Took a yellow when giving away the foul which generated the free-kick before the opening goal. Looks shaky.”

### Time to be dropped?

It’s safe to say that Struijk didn’t have the best of games as he lost the ball 24 times, had a passing accuracy percentage of 67 and failed to complete a cross or long ball ([SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/team/football/leeds-united/34)).

With Robin Koch suspended, Liam Cooper and Maximilian Wober played at centre-back, but as the German is set to return in the next game, there is a case to be made that Wober could move to left-back, with Koch in the middle and Struijk on the left.

Wober played predominantly as a left-back during his time at Red Bull Salzburg, and even this season he has played [16 matches](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/maximilian-wober/leistungsdaten/spieler/263361) on the flanks compared to seven in the middle.

Struijk struggled to contain a fast attacker in Johnson, and with a double-header of matches against Manchester United coming up, Leeds cannot afford to have a struggling defender in the side.

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Leeds need to address their poor run of form, as they remain winless in the league since the World Cup break, and are now dangerously close to the relegation zone.