{"id":1111637,"date":"2019-10-20T18:08:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T17:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1111637"},"modified":"2019-10-20T18:08:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T17:08:56","slug":"bielsa-blame-nketiah-arsenal-leeds","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/bielsa-blame-nketiah-arsenal-leeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Bielsa vows to take the blame if Arsenal striker Nketiah does not succeed at Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Marcelo Bielsa says it will be his fault if Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah&#8217;s loan spell at Leeds United is unsuccessful.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old has already scored four goals in all competitions for the West Yorkshire side this term but is yet to start a single Championship game, having come off the bench on eight occasions.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Nketiah&#8217;s loan spell so far: Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Nketiah joined Leeds United on a season-long loan from Arsenal in the summer.<\/li>\n<li>He has already scored four goals across all competitions.<\/li>\n<li>But he is yet to start a Championship game and finds himself behind Patrick Bamford in the pecking order.<\/li>\n<li>Bielsa insists he will take responsibility if the loan spell isn&#8217;t a success.<\/li>\n<li>Nketiah has scored 27 goals in 29 caps for England at youth level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7399272\/embed\/v4\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nketiah currently finds himself behind Patrick Bamford in the pecking order, although the former Chelsea man himself only has four goals to his name in 12 Championship stars.<\/p>\n<p>But Bielsa insists it&#8217;s important that Nketiah has a good spell at Elland Road and that he will shoulder any blame if the youngster does not fulfil his potential under his guidance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nketiah is a player that, at the moment, is not in the starting XI,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-7590853\/Marcelo-Bielsa-admits-fault-Eddie-Nketiahs-loan-spell-not-success.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1111442\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/premier-league-playmakers-showing-they-can-do-it-all-this-season-so-far\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1111442\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1111442\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/19122019\/premier-league-playmakers-doing-it-all.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/19122019\/premier-league-playmakers-doing-it-all.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/19122019\/premier-league-playmakers-doing-it-all-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/19122019\/premier-league-playmakers-doing-it-all-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/19122019\/premier-league-playmakers-doing-it-all-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/19122019\/premier-league-playmakers-doing-it-all-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/19122019\/premier-league-playmakers-doing-it-all-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/10\/19122019\/premier-league-playmakers-doing-it-all-940x530.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1111442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/premier-league-playmakers-showing-they-can-do-it-all-this-season-so-far\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League playmakers showing they can do it all this season so far<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;But we are not being so efficient. It is natural that one striker, a goalscorer like him is claimed by the people. He scored four goals, maybe he could score five.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, people start to talk about if it&#8217;s Bamford or Eddie. But football changes every day. In the last match before Millwall, the public, the supporters recognised Bamford a lot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me, it is very important that Eddie has a good spell at Leeds.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Manchester United &amp; Liverpool Ranked From Worst to Best\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LDn2xp26mjE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Nketiah doesn&#8217;t do well here in Leeds, the responsibility is going to be mine. That will be fair because Nketiah is a player full of results and as a coach, I have to know how to manage all this skill to improve the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Leeds have made a fine start to the 2019\/20 season and occupy second place in the table after 12 games following their 1-0 win over Birmingham City on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Bielsa&#8217;s men face Preston North End on Tuesday night and will be keen to close the gap on current pacesetters West Brom, who host Barnsley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcelo Bielsa says it will be his fault if Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah&#8217;s loan spell at Leeds United is unsuccessful. The 20-year-old has already scored four goals in all competitions for the West Yorkshire side this term but is yet to start a single Championship game, having come off the bench on eight occasions. 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