Rodrigo makes 'sleeping' Leeds United admission and declares action plan after Whites punishment - YEP 14/8/22
Thriving Whites forward Rodrigo admitted Leeds United paid the price for not being 'online' for the full 95 minutes in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Southampton having done "everything" to win the game.
By Lee Sobot
Rodrigo's brace had Jesse Marsch's side 2-0 up by the hour
mark at St Mary’s but Ralph Hasenhuttl's side rallied to secure a point via
strikes from Joe Aribo and Kyle Walker-Peters inside the final 18 minutes.
Leeds still remain unbeaten for the new Premier League
campaign on four points following the opening weekend 2-1 win at home to Wolves
but Rodrigo admits his side only have themselves to blame for not being sat on
more.
"Of course we are really disappointed with the result,"
said Rodrigo to LUTV.
"We should finish the game better and I think we did
everything to leave with three points.
"I think the team did a great job apart from the last
ten or 15 minutes when we allowed them to react and that's the level of the
league.
"When you are asleep a little bit, the other team has
quality as well and we are really, really disappointed with the result."
Asked if he thought the game was almost won after scoring
his and United's second goal, the record signing admitted: "Of course. We
already know the level of the league.
"You have to be online for the 95 minutes that the game
is going on and then we concede this 10 or 15 minutes and we were punished for
it.
"It's true that we are disappointed but now we have to
digest this result and start working again for the next weekend. That's
football."
