Leeds boss Thomas Christiansen admits being disappointed with Pierre-Michel Lasogga’s recent form

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Leeds United returned to winning ways in the Championship as they beat Bristol City 3-0 at Ashton Gate.

Pierre-Michel Lasogga

Thomas Christiansen has admitted to BBC Radio Leeds that he needed to talk to Pierre-Michel Lasogga recently as his form had not been good enough going into Leeds’ game with Bristol City.

Leeds went into their clash with the Robins off the back of three Championship defeats on the spin, and would have known that Lee Johnson’s men would have been the favourites going into the game having not lost at Ashton Gate all season and having started the day above Christiansen’s men in the table.

Thomas Christiansen

But Leeds got themselves back on track as two goals from Samuel Saiz put them 2-0 up at the break, before Lasogga added a third midway through the second-half.

A number of player stepped up in the emphatic win, including Lasogga – who had scored once in his previous six games heading into the clash – and Christiansen admitted that he had been disappointed with his recent form. And interestingly, the Leeds boss suggested that he did not care so much about the goal, as his overall performance was more important.

“I had my talk to him. I expected more from him in the last games, there hasn’t been enough – what he gave us, especially keeping the ball,” he told BBC Radio Leeds.

“About the goal, I don’t care. It’s good, of course, that he scored but what we need is the continuity in the game when we play the long pass, it’s not coming back immediately but we can keep it and we can have the possibility to take the second ball and we can arrive with more players.”

Christiansen will certainly be hoping that the goal, in conjunction with his recent barren run, will be exactly what Lasogga needs as he will not only have the confidence boost from scoring – and contributing an assist for Leeds’ first – but he will also be aware that he cannot afford to allow any complacency to creep into his game.

And Christiansen will also be hoping that the entire squad looks at the victory as a real turning point after a run of form where many were questioning whether Leeds had been found out by their rivals.