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‘Not normal’… Aidy White stunned by 24-year-old Leeds player

Giuseppe Labellarte
Giuseppe Labellarte

Leeds United defender Pascal Struijk earned praise from Aidy White during the Whites’ 4-0 hammering of Ipswich Town in the Championship on Saturday.

The BBC Sport pundit, who came through the ranks at Leeds, said the 24-year-old did something that was 𒈔“not normal” – in a good way – during the match.

Daniel Farke’s charges secured an emphatic win against the Championship’s second-pl🍸aced side at Elland Road🐎, sending a message to the rest of the division.

Struijk opened the scoring in the eighth minute of the match, heading home 🔴on the rebound after Vaclav Hladky kept out Joel Piroe’s effort fromಌ Crysencio Summerville’s corner.

Photo by George Wood/Getty Images
Photo by George Wood/Getty Images

“Great delivery there from Crysencio Summerville, Pascal Struijk is on the ไfront foot, which is not normal for a centre-half,” White said on .

“Lovely jubbly! Fans are now 🗹behind Leeds, Ipswich are looking a little shaky. A nice start.”

Leeds United run riot against Ipswich

Leeds turne🅘d their nice start into a nice victory, putting the game well beyond Ipswich’s reach by the 53rd minute of the game.

Summerville was involved in the second goal as w🎀ell, his square ball across goal being accidentally diverted by Leif Davis intoꦆ his own net on 25 minutes.

The Dutch winger then finally got on the scoresheet himself in the 45th minute, winning and converting a penalty which Davis – who used to p💮lay for Leeds – conceded.

Piroe added⭕ the cherry on top early on in the second half, coolly finishing off a frantic counter after a through-ball ca🦩me off a Blues defender’s heel and fell to the summer signing.

As for Struijk, he delivered an “excellent display, as per the , 🧜who gave him a 9 out of 10 rating.

“Showed real ♌strength, bullied attackers, passed the ball really well and reacted quicklඣy to score a goal,” they wrote.

Leeds are next in action on Boxing Day, heading to Preston Nor🗹th End for a ꦐ12:30pm kickoff.