Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa admits he was in the wrong after being booked v WBA

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Leeds United can return to the top of the Championship table on Saturday if they beat managerless Millwall and other results go their way.

Marcelo Bielsa has held his hands up and stated that he ‘deserved’ his yellow card during Leeds United’s 1-0 win over West Brom and that he and his coaching staff made a ‘mistake’.

Initially, referee David Coote had booked a member of Bielsa’s coaching staff, Carlos Corberan before the official returned only to show the same card to Bielsa himself.

It seems as though the duo were booked because too many people were stood in the technical area, with the FA ruling stating that only ‘one person at a time’ is able to ‘convey instructions’ from the technical area, as posted on The FA’s official website.

At the time, Bielsa brushed off and accepted the booking, as he spoke about that incident ahead of Leeds clash against Millwall on Saturday.

“I deserve it (yellow card),” Bielsa told Leeds Live. “There is a rule, you can put only two coaches and we don’t realise that when we are coaching there and after we used to make this mistakes, but we have more than two coaches close to the pitch. I said sorry for that.

“I don’t speak English. They need the help of Carlos and Diego Reyes as well. We make this mistake. Always, I feel I should talk English.

“Even if I understand a little English and can transmit ideas. I never find the time and tried to learn it a little bit more. When you work in a country which is not your own country, you are forced to speak the language of the country.”

Nonetheless, it is another classy response from Bielsa, who clearly just misunderstood the ruling and situation.

Whilst other managers sit in the dugout, or can’t stop pacing up and down the touchline, Bielsa has his own unique way of occupying the touchline as he is seen, for the most time, sitting on his bucket.

Leeds fans will see him in a similar situation at the Den on Saturday, where they will be hoping to secure all three points against managerless Millwall.