After making it back to back victories on Friday night by beating Wolves at Molineux, Jesse Marsch gave his thoughts on the game.
The head coach was impressed with the way his team reacted after speaking to them at half-time and has urged the squad to continue being brave and looking for wins at all times.
“I think the best part of this one was we talked at half-time, we talked a little bit about tactics, but we talked more about not feeling sorry for ourselves,” the head coach explained.
“We talked about it being easy that after three injuries and a late goal in the half, to be down two-nil down and to be thinking it's not our day, and what are we going to do now.
“I tried to encourage them to believe that if we had a good start to the game and if we could find the goal, that the momentum would change.
“Now we get a little bit lucky that they pick up a red card but I think it's deserved at the same time. Then you saw the qualities of them I think, more than anything.
“With no subs left after the 50th minute, four injuries, for guys to dig in and push the game and, and stay tough to have young guys come on the pitch and deliver the performances like that, I think says a lot about the character that we have and they deserve all the credit.
“But, I think it's also to do with, I'm learning more and more what the identity of Leeds United is and it's gritty, it's hard.
"It's about belief, it is about having a never saying die attitude. It's about giving everything you have to the match and I think these young men do that in a big way. What a result.”
The win moves Leeds seven points clear of the Premier League relegation zone, but the head coach is only focused on his own side what they can achieve, rather than any results elsewhere.
Marsch said: “All I want to focus on is us.
“I just want us to stay true and stay calm to our process to pushing ourselves every day, to growing and getting better, to finding a way to control what we can control.
“If we do that, I believe we have the quality of people and of players that we can control our own destiny and find a way to not just survive the situation, but thrive in it, that's the goal.”
