Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa has told BBC Sport that Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta set his side up much better than he did on Sunday.
Arsenal ran out 4-2 winners over Leeds, and it took the Whites some time to grow into the match.
Leeds were second best until they went 4-0 down, when the tide started to turn.
Leeds did pull two goals back against arsenal to bring some respect back to the scoreline, but by then it was too late to make a comeback.
And Bielsa felt that Arteta’s plan was far better than his from the outset.
“We couldn’t pressure their build-up and we could not avoid their pressure when we were trying to build from the back,” he said.
“You could see it clearly the opposing manager prepared the game better than I did. We knew what we had to avoid so they would not circulate the ball so comfortably and prepared ourselves to do it but could not avoid it. We did not manage to bring the ball from our half to their half.”
For Arteta to out manage Bielsa is a huge achievement for such a novice manager.
The Arsenal boss is still relatively inexperienced in management, but he is starting to show signs that he is putting together an exciting project at the Emirates Stadium.
While Arsenal did make a slow start to the season, they have begun to climb back up the Premier League table, and currently occupy a spot just inside the top half.
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