MARCELO BIELSA: IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO RECOVER THE BALL - leedsunited.com 14/8/21
Marcelo Bielsa spoke to the media after his side were defeated at Old Trafford.
Luke Ayling levelled the scores for the Whites after they had
gone in behind at the interval. Despite that stunning effort, the hosts
responded and comfortably won the match.
Speaking after the full-time whistle, the Whites’ head coach
gave his thoughts on the performance.
"It was very difficult for us to recover the ball and
it was very difficult for us to create any danger,” Bielsa explained. "It
was for a number of reasons, none of them the high press or the individual
performance of a player. It was difficult for us to take the ball off them and
difficult for us to create. The succession of goals after we equalised, we
couldn’t react. In general lines, they were superior to us clearly. In the
previous game [last season] there were moments with a big difference between
the two teams, in this game those moments were less.”
Luke Ayling scored Leeds United’s only goal of the game as
they were defeated away at Manchester United.
The Whites’ number two scored a second half stunner, but it
wasn’t enough as the hosts went on to score three goals in eight minutes
following the equaliser.
The defender was asked to give his thoughts, after the
match.
Ayling said: “We got back into it and scored a goal, then I
think we were 3-1 down before we even got our breath back.
“It all happened a bit quick, we will go back and see what
happened and try to get it right for the next game.
“We said at half-time to keep it tight, try get forward and
create our own chances.
“Some people might say we scored too early second half, but
really, just a poor few minutes cost us the game.
“Against a good team like that, once spaces are there for
them to go into it, they have quick players and it is always going to be
difficult.”
Next up for the Whites is Everton at Elland Road. Ayling now
wants the team to bounce back as quickly as possible.
“I know it’s a bad result for us but it’s great to see the
fans back,” he explained.
“We can’t wait to get back to our place next weekend.
“We’ve been beaten here last year, it’s nothing new to us,
we came back from that and did alright until the end of last season.
