Jesse Marsch has spoken to the media after his Leeds United side drew 1-1 against Southampton, in the Premier League.

The Whites opened the scoring in the first half at Elland Road after Jack Harrison’s close range finish, but a James Ward-Prowse free-kick squared the game up in the second half.

Speaking after the match, the head coach was pleased with the performance from his team, but felt they could and maybe should have won the match.

“I'd say it was an intensive game with a lot of second balls and duels and one that we should've won,” Marsch explained.

“We knew it was going to be like this. We knew it was going to be an intensive match, we knew it would be tight.

“We knew also that it was going to be important to try in some of these moments when the game is really compact, to find solutions going forward, so that we can get ourselves into transition moments and and then put pressure on the opponent.

"What makes it difficult with Southampton is anytime they get in our half of the pitch, they start throwing balls into the box and Ward-Prowse has an incredible service, then you're feeling the pressure in those moments.

“But for the most part, I thought we stood up to those moments pretty well.

“The foul that leads to what I call a penalty, because Ward-Prowse is so effective from these, it's like a percentage of a penalty.

"So we knew that that was going to be important not to give fouls away and then we had to defend that well. He put it right in the corner like we were worried he might.”

The Leeds United head coach was asked about the progress his side have made over recent matches and how he feels about the recent displays.

He said: “I feel like the clarity of tactically what we wanted the game to look like, I thought we were balanced in the match didn't give much away.

“We’re still just trying to turn some of our advantages into real chances and then some of our real chances into more goals, so I'm not worried about that because I know we have quality and I know with this style of play that we will always be able to create chances.

“But, you know if we could just slow ourselves down and find a way to make the last pass or make the last action a little bit cleaner or crisper, then we would have more goals.

“So we'll keep working on it but but I feel like yeah, this was a step in the right direction.”