Daniel Farke: A good balance will be important | OneFootball

Leeds United head south this weekend as they face Fulham at Craven Cottage, looking to build on positive displays which has seen the Whites take four points from the opening three Premier League fixtures.

Speaking to the press, Daniel Farke explained how he hopes his side can continue their momentum following the recent international break.

“What we have to do is win as many games as possible,” the boss told the media at Thorp Arch. “We are already on four points, we have two clean sheets and a first win under our belt.

“It was always my belief, especially as a newly promoted side, that it is important you are rock-solid at the back.

“Rock-solid defending and to be difficult to beat and difficult to create chances against is always the first steps as a newly promoted side and this is what we have to do.

“A good balance will always be important but we won’t change our DNA. We had games against Newcastle and Everton not parking the bus. We were dominating in many periods of the game.

“We played attacking football but we still needed a good structure and good work against the ball. We want to keep going also in these terms. If I look at the physical data so far, we have outperformed our opponents and we have to keep going in this.

“We have to make sure our fighting spirit, our team spirit and also our togetherness is top class. We have to work on different topics to be competitive in order to score the amount of goals we need.”

Farke also conceded keeper Lucas Perri will miss Saturday’s fixture through injury but the German is more than confident in calling upon Wales international Karl Darlow.

“How Karl kept his nerve and performed at the end of last season in the crunch-time period was outstanding and in pre-season he looked unbelievably sharp and with top fitness level.

“He will come in and I am pretty sure he will deliver a top performance at the weekend and he is an experienced goalkeeper.

“He knows the Premier League inside out and is not a guy that cracks under pressure and for that he has all of our backing and confidence.”