Whelan suggests a mistake Thomas Christiansen made against Reading

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Leeds United lost against Reading at Elland Road in the Championship last weekend.

Noel Whelan has suggested to BBC Radio Leeds that Leeds United head coach Thomas Christiansen made a mistake against Reading at the weekend.

Leeds suffered their third successive defeat in the Championship last Saturday afternoon, as the West Yorkshire outfit went down 1-0 to Reading at Elland Road.

The performance of the Whites against the Royals was one of their worst in the league so far this season.

Former Leeds striker Whelan has suggested that head coach Christiansen made the mistake of bringing Kemar Roofe off instead of substituting Pablo Hernandez.

Roofe, who can operate as a winger or as a striker, started the match and played for 68 minutes when he was replaced by Hadi Sacko.

Hernandez, who can play as an attacking midfielder or as a winger, started the game and played for the entire 90 minutes.

Interestingly, the former Valencia and Swansea City star failed to convert a late penalty which could have earned Leeds a point from the Championship match.

Whelan told BBC Radio Leeds: “As a spectator, I felt Roofe was probably the best player in the first 45 minutes, trying, tracking back, running hard, and when the substitution was happening, I was very surprised because he actually put more into the game and had more quality and was probably a little bit more of a player that we needed out there than Hernandez.”