Garry Monk suggests Middlesbrough deserved more against Leeds

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Middlesbrough were beaten 2-1 by Leeds United in Garry Monk’s first return to Elland Road since leaving in the summer.

Garry Monk has told Middlesbrough’s official website that he felt that Boro deserved something from their Championship clash with Leeds at Elland Road on Sunday.

Monk was making his first return to the club where he spent last season as manager following his surprise summer exit that culminated in him ending up at the Riverside Stadium while Thomas Christiansen was appointed to succeed him.

And his old side ruined his return as Christiansen’s men ran out 2-1 winners in an enthralling game that had plenty of twists and turns before the referee blew the final whistle.

But Monk admitted at the end of the game that he thought that his side had been unlucky to come away from Leeds with no points as he felt that they did enough to deny the Whites the win.

“We’re disappointed to lose, I think we deserved more today,” he told the club’s official website.

“I think it’s the fine margins because we started both halves reasonably well and the goals came straight after.”

Unsurprisingly, there will undoubtedly be a number of Leeds fans who will disagree with Monk’s assessment of the game, especially as the penalty that allowed Boro to get back into the game was controversial to say the least.

Middlesbrough did create a handful of openings throughout the game, but Leeds showed that clinical edge and would have certainly had grounds to complain had Boro found a late equaliser given that few could argue that the incident that allowed Britt Assombalonga to halve the deficit from 12 yards should have resulted in a penalty for the visitors.