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Gary Lineker has his say on Patrick Bamford's record-breaking form for Leeds United

Gary Lineker has heaped praise on Patrick Bamford for his record-breaking form for Leeds United.

The striker became the first Leeds player to score in the opening three top-flight games as he netted the winner against Sheffield United on Sunday afternoon.

Match of the Day host Lineker knows a thing or two about scoring goals and posted about Bamford's scoring feat on Twitter.

He said: "Leeds lead. Patrick Bamford scores for the third successive game.

"First player to do that for Leeds in the top flight for half a century."

Despite his good form, Marcelo Bielsa admitted post-match that he should have replaced Bamford instead of Rodrigo when defending the lead late on.

He told BT Sport: "A few minutes were left, I had to substitute Rodrigo or Bamford.

"Bamford is a very useful player for set-pieces against us. He helps us defend them.

"It wasn't a good decision because Bamford was tired and I should have kept Rodrigo on the field."

Bamford's goal takes him to third in the Premier League's top scorers list behind Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Son Heung-min.

Having scored three goals from six shots, he has an impressive 50 per cent conversion rate and also has a 67 per cent shot accuracy.

The 27-year-old's three goals this season have already outnumbered the amount of Premier League goals he had scored in his career before the campaign.

Going into this season, he had netted just one Premier League goal from 27 appearances for the likes of Middlesbrough, Burnley, Crystal Palace and Norwich City.

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