Marcelo Bielsa: With 10 men we were the better team

Head coach on Millwall loss.

Leeds United head coach Marcelo Bielsa spoke to the media following Saturday’s Sky Bet Championship defeat at Millwall.

The Whites went down 2-1 at The Den, but there was controversy surrounding Millwall’s early first half penalty award and subsequent red card for Gaetano Berardi.

Bielsa gave his thoughts on the match, which saw Leeds slip to fifth in the table.

“The result should be different,” said Bielsa.

“Each time we lose always I find few logical reasons to justify it. For me, it’s always a shame to explain why we lost.

“I think with 10 men we were better than them.

“Always, we are trying to explain why what we want doesn’t happen and it impacts the tolerance of the people who are listening.

“There were three important situations in the game; the penalty, the red card and the next situation with Harrison.

“Those three actions you can judge on the television as I prefer to analyse the game and not the referee.

“The second goal for them was a big impact on the match.

“After the first half, I decided to improve the structure and organisation in the team, but I should have taken the decision in the first half.

“Even if I didn’t take those decisions in the middle of the first half, we were better with one less player, but maybe we realise more this superiority in the second rather than the first half.

“Maybe I could have taken this decision earlier to help the team.”