The Leeds Youngsters Ready to Step up and Rescue Them from Their Crisis

Their latest defeat, a 7-0 (seven) dismantling at the hands of the reigning champions Manchester City saw a befuddled Marcelo Bielsa unable to explain what he had just seen at full-time. “We've never played so badly in these four years,”…

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16 Dec 20215 min

By Jack Douglas

Their latest defeat, a 7-0 (seven) dismantling at the hands of the reigning champions Manchester City saw a befuddled Marcelo Bielsa unable to explain what he had just seen at full-time.

“We've never played so badly in these four years,” the Argentine said to the press. This was not a problem of individuals or the collective. Nothing worked. We didn't find any surprises in the game. The team we faced was the team we expected to face. The ideas, the solutions I proposed, none of it worked. The responsibility is mine in an absolute manner.”

The Whites’ last visit to the Etihad couldn’t have been more different. An early Stuart Dallas goal stunned the hosts, but the tide looked to turn in City’s favour after Leeds skipper Liam Cooper was shown a straight red card on the stroke of halftime.

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