Leeds United lost 2-1 at home to Birmingham City on Saturday afternoon.
Leeds United’s unbeaten league run under Marcelo Bielsa is over after a 2-1 home defeat to Birmingham City on Saturday afternoon.
The Whites went into the game having thrashed Preston North End 3-0, and sat top of the Championship table with five wins and three draws under Bielsa.
With no defeats in the Championship, fans were hoping for another strong showing against Birmingham City, who are of course now led by ex-Leeds boss Garry Monk.
Unbeaten Leeds against a winless Birmingham side managed by a former Whites boss had a recipe for being a banana skin, and that’s how it proved as the Blues became the first team this season to leave Elland Road with all three points.
Che Adams opened the scoring by catching Bailey Peacock-Farrell out at his near post, before he added a second with an angled strike off the post.
Ezgjan Alioski pulled one back for Leeds but it was Bielsa’s first league defeat as Whites boss, and fans are now expecting him to make changes – with even goalscorer Alioski coming in for criticism.
The Macedonian may have scored, but fans took to Twitter to suggest that he needs to be dropped when Pablo Hernandez returns to fitness, with one fan claiming he is the most overrated player at the club.
Others felt that Alioski – snapped up by Victor Orta last summer – was painfully bad against Birmingham and was the Blues’ best player, with another suggesting that he needs to played on the right, not the left.
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