Daniel Farke: We have to be well structured | OneFootball

Leeds United will be looking to build on a positive start to the Premier League campaign this weekend as they travel to the capital to face Arsenal.

Ahead of the encounter with the Gunners at the Emirates, Whites boss Daniel Farke expects a stern test from Mikel Arteta’s side but hopes to continue the momentum after Monday’s victory over Everton.

“We won’t sell our DNA in this Premier League season,” the boss said. “I think if you just concentrate on trying to defend 90 or whatever, 95, 96 minutes, you have no chance to survive there.

“You have to make sure that you have as many periods as possible when you also control the ball, when you can recover with possession and let them shift and let them waste some energy against the ball.

“I think it is also important to try to create chances to be dangerous ourselves and to play positive football and try to create chances to score goals.

“So for that, of course, there will be also periods in the game when we suffer and when we have to be well structured and really as a compact unit against the ball.

“Then we have to show, of course, also our defensive steel and also the behaviour that we have shown in pre-season, but also on the first game day that we can defend our goal.

“We hardly conceded a chance against us on the first game day and we will try to do the same also in the difficult away game.”