YEP chief football writer Graham Smyth analyses Georginio Rutter's 'spectacular' performance and form for Leeds United
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00:00 apart from the miss and maybe even because of the miss I thought his performance was spectacular
00:05 because he didn't disappear into himself, he didn't get frustrated, he didn't go searching
00:10 for a goal himself in situations where he could have passed it. In fact I thought he was incredibly
00:16 unselfish. His whole performance was about creating for others. He was back, how many times was he back
00:23 you know in the by the corner flag helping Archie Gray and defending and starting attacks from there
00:29 and actually using his hold up play to hold off attackers to create space so he could pass the
00:35 ball off to Archie or clear it. He was absolutely immense. I took a look at his big chances created
00:41 because it stood out that he's created more big chances in the top four tiers than anyone else.
00:47 He's got 10 so I just thought that was pretty remarkable at this stage and then when I look
00:55 back to see what Leeds general numbers were in the promotion season for individuals creating
01:02 big chances and noticed that Jack Harrison had led the team with 17. I just thought
01:09 you know Routier already on 10 suggests that he is a relentless chance creation machine.
01:18 The chances he's creating are really good quality. He's putting teammates in really good positions
01:25 and it's the manner in which he's doing it as well. He's picking passes like his assist for
01:31 Somerville against QPR. That's the thing we've been banging on about ever since Hernandez left.
01:37 Leeds didn't have someone to do that. Leeds didn't have someone to make that killer pass.
01:43 He's dribbling past players to create chances like he did for Anthony when he slotted him through
01:49 from his own half in the win against Watford. He's created two goals this season through take-ons,
01:56 successful take-ons. It just seems to me like he's popping up all over the place and threatening to
02:05 rip defences apart with either passing or dribbling and his team are profiting in a major way. If he
02:11 continues at this rate he could easily have hit Jack Harrison's 17 tally by Christmas or just after.