Marcelo Bielsa admits, “He did not defeat Pep Guardiola” despite Leeds’ 2-1 victory over Manchester City
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Leeds United wrote a fairytale story against the Champions elect of the Premier League as they won 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium. Stuart Dallas’ 91st minute strike gave Marcelo Bielsa’s men all 3 points.
Pep and Marcelo share immense respect between each other and they have been very vocal about it. However, Guardiola has not managed to beat Marcelo Bielsa in the 2 meetings that they have had this season, the earlier one ending in a draw between both sides.
Marcelo Bielsa’s side have managed to take 4 points of Manchester City this season
Bielsa though acknowledged that Manchester City would have been fair winners of this recent encounter because City dominated Leeds throughout the goal. City had 29 attempts on goal but failed to break down Leeds’ 10-men defence. Bielsa’s side had 2 attempts and scored from both.
“We deserved to win but the just or fair thing would have been for City to win,” the former Chile boss told BT Sport in his post-match comments. “It’s very difficult but it’s what I think. We made a big, big effort but it is true that City dominated the game and had the better options.
“It’s a game that if we don’t have a big grade of aggression it is difficult to shorten the gap between their creativity and what we can do.
“I didn’t beat Pep Guardiola. It’s a game between two teams with the players being the predominant factors. We are just simply the two managers of the two teams that faced each other today.”
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