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Early Winners: The ‘Cookstown Cafu’ and Bielsa’s Leeds heroes
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“They could play any team and if you catch them on a good day, it can be a difficult afternoon for you, so it’s important that we’ve trained well this week. We’ll analyse them, we’ll watch them individually, they’re an incredible team and probably the best in the world for me.”
Stuart Dallas sounded understandably a little wary ahead of playing champions-elect Manchester City on Saturday as Leeds United headed to the Etihad. When the game kicked off, though, Leeds looked anything but fazed by playing Pep Guardiola’s men. And Dallas showed exactly why he could be crowned Leeds Players’ Player of the Year Award for a second season in a row when the awards are handed out at the end of the campaign.