Tony Cascarino told talkSPORT that Leeds duo Liam Cooper and Diego Llorente were passing the ball to each other on too many occasions against Chelsea.
The former striker pointed out that it was happening ‘all the time’ at Stamford Bridge and the Leeds centre-halves ‘slowed’ the game down for their side.
Leeds started the game at the weekend with Cooper partnering Robin Koch, but the latter was replaced by Llorente inside 10 minutes because of an injury.
Cascarino shared his thoughts on how Leeds were building up attacks during Saturday’s defeat.
“Leeds play some brilliant football at times,” said Cascarino. “But [against Chelsea] there was way too much possession between the two centre-halves.
“They were just passing to each other for fun and it slowed Leeds down.
“Look, he has done amazing Bielsa in what they do and they get an early lead. But their two centre-halves are getting on the ball and passing the ball to each other all the time.”
A lot of the passing between the two centre-halves was largely down to how Kalvin Phillips was nullified by N’Golo Kante.
The ‘Yorkshire Pirlo’ is that single pivot that will hit the diagonals, play that ball over the top and force the opposition onto the back foot because he is always looking to put the ball into the final third.
But Leeds couldn’t get the ball to him as they would have liked, which then resulted in the centre-back duo playing the more simple and ineffective game at the back.
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