Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United have lost to Brentford.
Leeds United’s chances of clinching automatic promotion to the Premier League have taken a blow this evening.
Marcelo Bielsa’s side have suffered a 2-0 defeat to Brentford away from home at Griffin Park in the Championship.
Neal Maupay put the home team in the lead on the stroke of half time, and Sergi Canos doubled the advantage on 62 minutes.
The result means that Leeds remain third in the Championship table with 82 points from 44 matches.
The Whites are three points behind second-placed and Yorkshire rivals Sheffield United and six points behind leaders Norwich City.
Former Leeds striker Noel Whelan was following the match for BBC Radio Leeds, and he has given his take on the final result.
Whelan said on BBC Radio Leeds at full time on Monday evening (7:14pm, April 22, 2019 when asked if Leeds’s chances of automatic promotion are gone:: “Yeah, yeah. We are going to have the playoffs now. Really, really poor performance, soft, mentally soft, disappointing, disappointing.”
Leeds can still finish in the top two of the Championship this season, but it is out of their hands now – the Blades have the advantage.
The Whites will next face Aston Villa at Elland Road in the Championship before taking on Ipswich Town away from home.
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