– Guardiola has really put Bielsa in place on the tactical. The Leeds defense has been totally exposed. Against individually and collectively better players, of course, but here there is so much room and so total chaos in the Leeds defense that it is approaching embarrassing, said Brede Hangeland as City had put in their fifth for the evening.
By then, the Premier League leader still had two goals left to score.
For the first time, Bielsa as a club coach had to see the team he leads concede seven goals, according to the statistics service Opta. The slaughter took place in the coaching legend’s 568th match as a coach for a club team.
In addition, it is only the fourth time in history that Leeds loses by seven goals.
– Must take responsibility for me
Bielsa says he can not justify the result. He is asked by BT Sport if it was not a little daring to play from behind against such a team.
– That was what we tried in the whole match. If we had done the opposite, we would have been criticized for not trying to take the ball from the opponent. What we tried on created trouble in front of our own goal. We did nothing good, says Bielsa via interpreter.
– It is inevitable that I have to take responsibility for a loss of this kind. We have never had such a show, he continues.
Last season, City took just one point against Leeds. Guardiola, who is a big fan of Bielsa, believes that the Yorkshire club is anything but a throwing ball.
“That’s why I think it’s a good win, because I’m pretty sure all opponents know what it means to face Leeds,” the City boss told BT Sport.
– He’s very stubborn
Manchester City played the Argentine’s team according to all the rules of art at the Etihad. Only twelve minutes were played when the light blues led 2-0. Then Bernardo Silva had also burned a giant chance.
After half an hour played, Kevin De Bruyne made it 3-0. Just before, Leeds had called for a penalty, but got no from referee Paul Tierney.
In any case, there was little to say that the guests from Yorkshire were behind with three goals at the break.
– He’s very, very stubborn, this Bielsa. He wants to do it his way anyway. The way they are going to play out, I would call it a little naive. You know that Manchester City is one of the best press teams in the world, TV 2’s football expert Erik Huseklepp pointed out during the break.
– It’s a big, big problem for Leeds in this match. Because they will play out in death and life, but create trouble for themselves all the way, the former national team player continued.
Expert colleague Petter Myhre was surprised that they did not use the back room anymore, as they started with lightning-fast Daniel James at the top.
– But that they start short, I think is perfectly fine, said Myhre.
The party football from City continued after the change of sides. Riyad Mahrez scored after just four minutes. About a quarter of an hour later, De Bruyne waited up with a shop from a distance.
Then defenders John Stones and Nathan Aké scored two quick goals.
The victory means that Manchester City will have at least one point to go to the next team in the table after the 17th round of the series is over.
Leeds, on the other hand, can drop to a 17th place.
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