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So often last season, Noble came off the bench to steady the ship or change a game. "He was important around the club. He will be more impressed by how they came through a major early-season test, however, wrestling back the momentum at a raucous St James' Park to rescue a point. David Moyes raised the loss of former club captain Mark Noble in his post-match news conference. "I could name a few who I thought, 'Hey, come on, you bowed to that today, and you should have really taken it on'." Havertz also failed to have a single shot in the game as the 90 minutes just seemed to pass him by. His tackle on Conor Gallagher early in the game raised the crowd and set the tone for the performance. Although they still played on the counter-attack, this was a whole different ball park. There is a reason City came into the game with 27 wins from their previous 28 games when scoring first. After losing possession, the player rushed Edouard Mendy in the Chelsea goal and induced the error. The crowd got us driven and that is the kind of goals we score." He just wasn't involved in any of Chelsea's, albeit sporadic, attacking play - that was being taken care of by Mason Mount and Raheem Sterling, who did cause problems for Leeds when given space.
The Whites blew Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea away to win 3-0 at Elland Road and Adams was instrumental.
“Tyler is another guy who is playing the best football in his life, for me, and I know the potential that he has because I've known him for so long,” The head coach said. Marsch encourages heavy metal football from his side and Adams is his chief head banger in the middle of the park. He hounded those in Blue, ensuring they didn't get a moments rest and visibly taking pride in frustrating Thomas Tuchel’s expensively-assembled side at every opportunity. However, he truly announced himself to Leeds and Premier League fans during Sunday’s 3-0 win over Chelsea at Elland Road. The American head coach worked with Adams at New York Red Bulls, while the midfielder was just a teenager, before being reunited with him in Germany during his time in the Bundesliga. The pair have developed a special bond over Adams’ short playing career so far and, as a result, Marsch knows Adams’ game inside and out.