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Marcelo Bielsa: A big, big effort

Head coach on West Brom win.

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"\u003Cp\u003ELeeds moved to the top of the table with the win and Bielsa was pleased with the desire of his side to get the three points.\uFEFF\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp style=\u0022box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\u0022\u003ELeeds United head coach Marcelo Bielsa spoke to the media following Tuesday\u2019s victory at West Bromwich Albion.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp style=\u0022box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\u0022\u003EThe Baggies were beaten 1-0 at Elland Road, ending their unbeaten start in the Sky Bet Championship.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Chr /\u003E""\u003Chr /\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\u0022\u003E\u201CIt was a big, big effort from the team,\u201D said Bielsa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CWe tried to manage the match, but at the end of the match, the creative play of the opponents was very difficult to defend.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CWe put all of the energy in defence, which made it difficult for us to attack.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CI am worried about the decision I had to take with the substitution of Tyler Roberts, because for one player it is very hard to accept to play 25 minutes and go out again.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CThe change wasn\u2019t for his performance because he worked a lot, in the last 15 minutes the shape of the match changed and I was forced to make a change and put a more defensive player in the middle of the pitch.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CI made a mistake, because I didn\u2019t read well what was going to happen in the match and Mateusz Klich defended less than Jamie Shackleton and Roberts defended less than Klich.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CThe need of the match was more energy in defence and I didn\u2019t have a better option than the decision I took, it was the only way to keep the match.\u201D\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBielsa also spoke about the injuries sustained by Liam Cooper and Shackleton who had to be withdrawn.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe said: \u201CWe don\u2019t have the diagnosis of the injuries, but having to leave the pitch, I don\u2019t they are simple injuries.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CCooper is a player at a good level in his performance and Shackleton was playing a great match.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CI would like to have kept Shackleton there and for him to play the 90 minutes because he was playing very well.\u201D\u003C/p\u003E"

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