'Aggressive' Jaka Bijol earns Team of the Week spot after Leeds' 0-0 at Crystal Palace

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·18 March 2026

'Aggressive' Jaka Bijol earns Team of the Week spot after Leeds' 0-0 at Crystal Palace

Jaka Bijol has been named in the Team of the Week after Leeds United’s gritty 0-0 at Crystal Palace, with Troy Deeney describing him as ‘aggressive’ in his BBC column.

Daniel Farke’s side played the entire second half with 10 men after Gabriel Gudmundsson’s first-half red card, yet they kept Oliver Glasner’s team at arm’s length.

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Leeds delivered a mammoth defensive display at Selhurst Park, restricting Palace to no shots on target. It was the first time a side had achieved that after having a player sent off before the interval.

Deeney praised Bijol for “heading every ball and organising everything”, noting the centre-back maintained his edge after a yellow card without risking another dismissal.

The Leeds defender was selected alongside names from Newcastle, Liverpool, Arsenal and West Ham in Deeney’s XI.

Source: yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk