Axel Tuanzebe comments on Leeds fans after Aston Villa draw

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Leeds United and Aston Villa played out an incredible 1-1 draw in their latest Championship clash.

Axel Tuanzebe has admitted that the Leeds supporters made it more difficult for Aston Villa on Sunday due to the atmosphere they created inside Elland Road, in comments reported by Birmingham Live.

Marcelo Bielsa’s side’s spot in the play-offs has now been confirmed after a 1-1 draw. But the scoreline alone does not do justice to what has to have been one of the most bizarre games in Championship history.

The Villans were angry when Mateusz Klich scored while Jonathan Kodjia was down injured. And Bielsa felt compelled to instruct his side to allow the visitors to walk the ball into the net for an equaliser once the mood calmed down after tensions initially boiled over.

It was an incredible game given that both sides could have probably been forgiven for struggling to produce a performance. Leeds had seen their automatic-promotion hopes all but dashed thanks to Sheffield United’s win the previous day, while Villa may have expected a little dip having produced such an outstanding run to guarantee their play-off spot.

But no-one could convince either sets of players or fans that the game counted for little. And Tuanzebe admitted almost being taken aback by the atmosphere inside the ground.

“It was crazy out there. The atmosphere was immense, credit to their fans as well, they didn’t stop singing and cheering their team on and it made it that little bit harder for us,” Tuanzebe said, as reported by Birmingham Live.

While supporters of the likes of West Brom, Derby and Middlesbrough would disagree, there are likely to be a lot of neutrals who are now hoping to see Leeds and Villa meet again in the play-offs, potentially in the final.

The draw whetted the appetite for another meeting in the near future. And it would arguably be something of a surprise if it was not one of Leeds or Villa joining Norwich City and Sheffield United in booking a ticket to the Premier League.