Leeds boss Bielsa: We can win without playing well

Football
29 Dec 2020 • 12:52 PM MYT
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Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa insists he can adjust his tactics to earn results where needed.

His side had to grind out a 1-0 victory at home to Burnley on Sunday when they spent much of the second half stuck in their own penalty area.

This came on the back of Bielsa's fury over criticism from ex-player pundits of Leeds' adventurous style following their 6-2 defeat at Manchester United, launching a 41-minute response in defence of his methods.

But, ahead of Tuesday evening's trip to West Brom, the Argentine said: "I would like to correct the response a little bit. The first thing I'd like to say is that I never put the style above the result.

"What I do think is that the style is the main thing that facilitates the result.

"If you look at the end of the Burnley game, you can see we couldn't implement our style, but we maintained the result, so that means the journey to winning doesn't always mean you have to play well.

"But the best way to defend well is to finish our attacks well and also have the ball. For a team to defend well, it has to attack well. Football is this."