Leeds United suffered a disappointing defeat at Elland Road, but remain at the top of the Championship.
Harrison went into the clash with the Tigers off the back of one of his better performances since arriving at Elland Road on loan in the summer, providing the cross that led to the deadlock being broken in the 3-2 win against Blackburn.
However, he could not make a similar impact against the Tigers on Saturday and was replaced at half-time by Clarke. It was the third time in a row that Harrison has been taken off inside an hour.
But Bielsa insisted that he was not disappointed with Harrison’s performance while he was on the pitch against Hull. However, he admitted that he does not always get the selection decision right.
“In the first half, Jack Harrison did good things. It’s a good thing he shares the game with Jack Clarke. The performance of Harrison is the performance of a starter player and that the one of Jack Clarke also,” he said, as reported by Leeds Live.
“You could also understand your question as maybe Clarke should play more than 45 minutes. Both players are giving good things to the team. Sometimes I look at features and the weaknesses of the opponent and I think about the skills of Jack Clarke and Jack Harrison and I take decisions, but it doesn’t mean I always take the right decision. These are the aspects I take into account.”
Unfortunately for Leeds, Clarke was not able to make the kind of impact on Saturday that had sparked the Whites’ turnaround against Aston Villa earlier this month.
But with Harrison arguably struggling to provide as many highlights as Clarke has since breaking into the side, there are likely to be more of the Elland Road faithful in favour of the latter starting for the first time against Nottingham Forest than those who would like to see Harrison keep his place.
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