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QPR vs Leeds: Thomas Christiansen reveals injury news ahead of Loftus Road trip
LEEDS UNITED will be missing three first-team players for tomorrow’s trip to QPR (3pm).
Leeds United head coach Thomas Christiansen is missing three players
Pablo Hernandez, Stuart Dallas and Pierre-Michel Lasogga are all unavailable due to injury but Eunan O’Kane is in the squad after returning to fitness.
“He is an important player who has played many games until now,” Leeds head coach Christiansen said about midfielder O’Kane.
“He is important to have.”
QPR have slid down to 18th in the Championship table after a run of five games without a win but Christiansen is wary of Ian Holloway’s team.
“We play away at QPR who need desperately the three points,” he said.
“They will go out like lions, strong intense.
“They look easy but it’s not right because when you play bigger teams the motivation comes out.
He is important to have
“We go there for the three points and I believe we can do that.
“I believe up front they have [Conor] Washington, they have [Matt] Smith.
“What I say to my players is we have to look at ourselves.”
Leeds lost seven out of nine games before the international break but have since stabilised thanks to a seven-point haul from four games.
QPR vs Leeds
Christiansen said: “I believe we have built up a confidence in the team again, believing in what we are doing.
“I think we are doing quite well.
“We have faced strong teams who have not performed to their best, I believe we have done a very good season until now.
“We have three games to close the round and I am optimistic that we can finish in the top six before the second round.”