Leeds manager Bielsa: This wasn't about me beating Pep

Football
10 Apr 2021 • 10:11 PM MYT
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Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa insists Manchester City didn't deserve defeat today.

Leeds won 2-1, despite having Liam Cooper sent off.

Bielsa said, "We deserved to win but the just or fair thing would have been for City to win. It's very difficult but it's what I think. We made a big, big effort but it is true that City dominated the game and had the better options.

"It's a game that if we don't have a big grade of aggression it is difficult to shorten the gap between their creativity and what we can do.

"I think the English referees are very good. VAR allows the margin of error to be reduced. I didn't see the action of Liam Cooper but I always think the referees have arguments to sustain their decisions.

"First of all I didn't beat Pep Guardiola. It's a game between two teams with the players being the predominant factors. We are just simply the two managers of the two teams that faced each other today."