Marcelo Bielsa believes Sunday’s match at residence to Burnley is a superb alternative for Leeds to show their Premier League marketing campaign round.
After flourishing upon their return to the highest flight final season, which culminated in a formidable ninth-place end, the Elland Street outfit have struggled throughout the present time period and received solely 3 times.
Accidents have blighted Leeds in current months and their final two fixtures had been postponed following Covid-19 circumstances, including to an already prolonged listing of absentees, however this weekend is being considered as an opportunity to get again on monitor.
Bielsa mentioned: “Each sport that we play from right here on out will probably be vital, and those we’ve performed beforehand are those that place us the place we’re.
“The sport on Sunday is a superb alternative to redirect the place the marketing campaign goes.”
Six factors separate Leeds and visiting Burnley, who’re within the backside three and held Bielsa’s facet to a 1-1 draw at Turf Moor in August.
Whereas final season’s high goalscorer Patrick Bamford has solely performed seven instances within the Premier League this season and Kalvin Phillips is now out till March with a hamstring challenge, the previous Argentina boss stays decided to not use the membership’s harm issues as an excuse.
The 66-year-old spoke overtly final month about how he’s not immune from being sacked and expressed his disappointment along with his personal teaching degree throughout the 2021-22 marketing campaign.
Requested to replicate on the final yr, Bielsa mentioned: “The analysis of my activity in these previous couple of months is detrimental.
“The conditions we have now needed to undergo, I wasn’t in a position to resolve them as I believed I might.
“The vast majority of the issues that occurred I believed might occur and I imagined sources would resolve them, however evidently these sources weren’t the ample ones.
“Even if there was a excessive proportion of accidents, and people are issues you possibly can’t pre-empt, even much less within the proportion in what it was, the remainder of the issues that outline the decreasing of efficiency I believed that they may occur and I wasn’t in a position to resolve them.”
Bielsa was extra constructive in regards to the continued assist the staff and himself obtain from the Elland Street devoted.
Defeat at residence to Arsenal two weeks in the past ended their five-match unbeaten run at their very own floor.
“Each time that we’ve performed at residence, the general public has at all times been a component that improves and pushes on the staff to be in a greater state of temper,” Bielsa mentioned.
“I feel the assist the Leeds followers have for the staff is unconditional and it’s not widespread in these instances to preserve that recognition from the followers even when the staff is dropping.”
After having their two matches over the festive interval with Liverpool and Aston Villa postponed, the Whites are set to welcome Junior Firpo, Diego Llorente and Dan James again on Sunday.
Jack Harrison can even function after his early withdrawal in opposition to Arsenal and Patrick Bamford (hamstring) will probably be assessed.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
