McDermott - Burnley beat us up
Leeds United boss Brian McDermott admitted after the home defeat to Burnley that they were beaten up in the first half.
Leeds trailed 2-0 at the break and McDermott was unhappy with the defending for both goals as Burnley went at Leeds from the off.
Speaking on LUTV, McDermott said, "We were beaten up in the first half and we conceded two soft goals.
"We had to change things around in the second half and launch the ball and it is not how we want to play but we were trying to get a result.
"We created chances but we didn`t take them.
"I cannot complain about the result, they were the better side."
Scott Arfield and Sam Vokes had already had great chances before Arfield opened the scoring for the visitors.
It was a repeat of the midweek defeat at Reading with Luke Varney this time missing a great chance to put Leeds ahead only for the visitors to go straight down the other end and go ahead.
Varney again, Sam Byram, Ross McCormack and Rodolph Austin all had chances to bring Leeds level but Burnley extended their lead just before the break when some woeful defending allowed Vokes to find space in the area before beating Paddy Kenny at the second attempt.
Leeds looked brighter in the second half after McDermott brought on his substitutes and it definitely looked like being one of those days when Tom Heaton in the Burnley goal made a great reaction save to deny El Hadji Diouf.
Substitute Matt Smith gave Leeds hope in the final ten minutes when he headed home but Leeds never looked like finding an equaliser in the remainder of the game.
Leeds trailed 2-0 at the break and McDermott was unhappy with the defending for both goals as Burnley went at Leeds from the off.
Speaking on LUTV, McDermott said, "We were beaten up in the first half and we conceded two soft goals.
"We had to change things around in the second half and launch the ball and it is not how we want to play but we were trying to get a result.
"We created chances but we didn`t take them.
"I cannot complain about the result, they were the better side."
Scott Arfield and Sam Vokes had already had great chances before Arfield opened the scoring for the visitors.
It was a repeat of the midweek defeat at Reading with Luke Varney this time missing a great chance to put Leeds ahead only for the visitors to go straight down the other end and go ahead.
Varney again, Sam Byram, Ross McCormack and Rodolph Austin all had chances to bring Leeds level but Burnley extended their lead just before the break when some woeful defending allowed Vokes to find space in the area before beating Paddy Kenny at the second attempt.
Leeds looked brighter in the second half after McDermott brought on his substitutes and it definitely looked like being one of those days when Tom Heaton in the Burnley goal made a great reaction save to deny El Hadji Diouf.
Substitute Matt Smith gave Leeds hope in the final ten minutes when he headed home but Leeds never looked like finding an equaliser in the remainder of the game.
