Hard blow for Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds Unitedwho are going through critical situations. Loco’s team has faced three days in which they have had little respite: Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham. Disputing I meet yes and I also meet against groups of the top-4 or that fight to be inside, the Whites they have run into defeats that can make a dent in the near future of the team. The situation is delicate in Yorkshire.
If Bielsa’s future was already uncertain due to the poor results this season, the defeats against Manchester United (2-4), Liverpool (6-0) and Tottenham (0-4) represent a serious blow to the project of the Leeds. Rather, the final. At least according to what a good handful of English media are advancing, which affirm that the 66-year-old Argentine coach has already terminated his contract by mutual agreement with the club. Although the news still lacks official status, it is expected in the next few hours.
In this second season back in the Premier League, everything that is going wrong is getting worse, and the defense is not offering guarantees to sustain the team. Something that is aggravated when the goals are not reaching the rival goal either. These games join a streak of four other games without a victory, having added a point in the last seven Premier League clashes, and leaving a score of five goals for and 21 against. Dramatic numbers for the team that has conceded the most goals in the English first division season.
fear of going back to hell
Leeds’ situation is dangerous. With 23 points added in the disputed days, is only three from the abyss of descent, and could finish this weekend in the positions that lead to the Championship. In addition, the Whites they have played more games than several of the teams below in the table of classification. And although on more than one occasion he has shown how to reverse a complex situation, the pressure increases as the centimeters of Leeds with respect to the descent are exhausted, so the leaders have chosen to execute the most drastic decision. Parting ways with their recent savior, the one who brought them out of the darkness of the Championship to return them to the Premier League.