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Oh and this aged like milk lol
 
7 days off and that's the performance they give us.

They actually still looked shattered with 25 mins to go.
 
Vanjagl said:
Fair play to Leeds and Bielsa. They played for a draw and they got one.
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We where fuuud when Costa went out. Could not bring Pablo on because 0 pace on the wings and our formation for attack went to bollocks after that. 3 hard games in a row against City(lost Raph and Cooper, but win), Pool good draw and now with you also decent draw. Rough game but we showed you hard time and nullified Bruno.
 
Decent result nothing more. Lads were cruising through it for most parts as I felt Leeds were. Take the point and move on to Roma without any injuries.
 
Bujakaa92 said:
We where fuuud when Costa went out. Could not bring Pablo on because 0 pace on the wings and our formation for attack went to bollocks after that. 3 hard games in a row against City(lost Raph and Cooper, but win), Pool good draw and now with you also decent draw. Rough game but we showed you hard time and nullified Bruno.
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Yeah, no doubt, Phillips' only job was to sit on Bruno and he did it very good. Still United should have won. As much as I like Dan James' effort, his decision making is really bad. Any other player today and United would score 2.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
That bad? Never seen it. Been outside enjoying the rays.

If it helps, this was probably the first time I’ve ever wanted Utd to beat Leeds.

Not helping though.
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Yeah, it was total rubbish.
I watched it on the tablet out in the back garden. The vitamin D kept me from topping myself.
 
I got some time to reflect on that match yesterday and I realized it was a "feisty" meeting of two sides trying to exploit each other on the break.

Before the game, I told my mate that it looks like OGS is looking to exploit leeds on the counter which isn't a bad strategy away to Ellan road where leeds were sure to play their expansive attacking football. This wasn't the case as Bielsa, as a result of of our last meeting, was way more pragmatic than I expected. Philips was on Bruno like rash however, he also man marked him on the reverse leg. The key difference was Roberts/Dallas always dropped deep to cover the space left by Philips when Bruno made clever movements to the wings to drag him out of position (this worked ever so well in the reverse fixture).

I was a bit annoyed as to why we wouldn't commit more men forward in the 2nd half due to the lack of attacking threat that Leeds posed but one break they had where Costa got a shot deflected off AWB (whom had an excellent game btw) that reminded me why we didn't foolishly commit too many men forward.

Alas, we could've played Pogba/Cavani instead of Dan James with Leeds' surprising pragmatism in hindsight.

To give you an idea, we dominated possession which is unusual given Bielsa's philosophy and the fact that we aren't a possession oriented side. On the reverse fixture, leeds actually dominated possession...a tale of two setups lol.
 
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