{"id":443038,"date":"2017-12-02T13:30:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T13:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/leeds-united-manager-thomas-christiansen-reveals-what-he-needs-from-caleb-ekuban\/"},"modified":"2017-12-02T13:30:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T13:30:28","slug":"leeds-united-manager-thomas-christiansen-reveals-what-he-needs-from-caleb-ekuban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/leeds-united-manager-thomas-christiansen-reveals-what-he-needs-from-caleb-ekuban\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United manager Thomas Christiansen reveals what he needs from Caleb Ekuban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday,  2 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/92609735.295.jpg\" alt=\"CalebEkubannnewDec02\" title=\"CalebEkubannnewDec02\" width=\"295\" height=\"175\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Caleb Ekuban<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512221428_676_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Leeds United manager Thomas Christiansen has disclosed what he expects from Ghanaian forward Caleb Ekuban following a superb performance against Aston Villa on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Ekuban, a summer signing from Italian club Chievo Verona, is yet to get on the score sheet in the Championship but did miss three months due to a foot injury.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old made his first start since August in last Saturday\u2019s 2-0 win at Barnsley and kept his place in their 1-1 stalemate with Aston Villa after first choice striker Pierre-Michel Lasogga failed to recover from leg injury.<\/p>\n<p>And when asked what Ekuban has done to impress him, Christiansen said: &#8220;Well, I believe he&#8217;s a player who is hungry to come out, to do a good performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe works for the team, put himself in front of the team to make a good pressure, to force the opponent to do mistakes and to don&#8217;t think with the ball and after he has good combination with his teammates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing we need is that he makes some goals but that will come also with the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well he has a lot to improve, everyone should improve because we have a still young team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was happy with his performance, he didn&#8217;t score, he made a good work for the team, he created some good situations for his team-mates and that was important for me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A good part of the win also came through his work and the rest of the players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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