Luke Ayling makes Leeds United vow and points to history after breathless Manchester United blitz at Old Trafford - YEP 14/8/21
Luke Ayling quickly looked to the future and made a vow about how Leeds United would respond following Saturday's 5-1 crushing at Manchester United.
By Lee Sobot
Ayling fired home a rocket of a shot from 25 yards out to
score his first Premier League goal and draw Leeds level in the 48th minute
after Bruno Fernandes had put the Red Devils 1-0 up at the break.
Yet 12 minutes later Leeds were 4-1 behind as Fernandes went
on to complete his hat-trick after a strike from Mason Greenwood had swiftly
put the hosts back ahead.
Fred then went to add a fifth and Ayling said Leeds would
assess just what went wrong and also pointed to the fact that Leeds swiftly
recovered last season after being beaten 6-2 in the corresponding fixture last
December.
"We were trying to get back into it and then we scored
a goal but we were 3-1 down before we could even get our breath back,"
Aying told BT Sport.
"It all happened a bit quickly. We will go back and see
what happened and try and make it right for the next game.
"We said at half time that we needed to keep it tight
and try to get forward a bit more and create our own chances.
"Some might say we scored too early in the second half
but a really poor five minutes cost us the game."
Saturday's contest came in a weekend which marked the full
return of fans to capacity stands for the first time in nearly 18 months
following a year and a half of restrictions in the fight against coronavirus.
Leeds will return to action next Saturday when Everton will
be the visitors to a packed Elland Road.
"I know it is a bad result for us but it is great to
see fans back in stadiums this weekend," said Ayling.
"We can't wait to get back to our place next weekend.
"We were beaten by four goals here last year, we will
go back and have a look at it.
"We have a few lads to get back in the team, lads
coming back late from internationals.
"We will get them back and go again."
