Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa has told Leeds Live that he blames himself for the defeat against Leicester City, believing he picked the wrong team.
The Whites fell behind early as Harvey Barnes scored the opener, before Youri Tielemans added a second with Jamie Vardy causing mayhem.
Stuart Dallas gave Leeds hope, but Vardy made it 3-1 before Tielemans added another from the penalty spot to seal a 4-1 win for the Foxes.
The result was a little flattering, and Leeds certainly had a good go in the second half, with Pablo Hernandez rattling the woodwork at 2-1; a possibly pivotal moment.
Bielsa notably made a change at half time, as he brought on Ian Carlo Poveda for Jamie Shackleton, dropping Hernandez into a deeper role.
Leeds did have better control of the game then, but Bielsa made the surprise decision to take off Hernandez for Tyler Roberts, and then Dallas off for Ezgjan Alioski.
After the final whistle, Bielsa admitted that he picked the wrong team, believing that it was too difficult for Leeds to win the ball back, and that caused a poor first-half display.
Bielsa noted that he corrected the error in the second half, seemingly suggesting that Shackleton for Poveda is the big change he felt Leeds needed.
“I didn’t distribute the players correctly on the field. It was difficult for us to win the ball back and this caused us to play poorly,” said Bielsa. “What I explained is I did it wrongly in the first half and in the second half I corrected this error. You have to compare the two,” he added.
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