Ronaldo Viera jokes that Leeds United’s players criticised him after latest contest

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Leeds United midfielder Ronaldo Vieira put in a wonderful performance against Bristol City at the weekend.

Ronaldo Vieira has jokingly suggested to BBC Radio Leeds that even his Leeds United teammates criticised him for attempting to square a pass to Samu Saiz, when clean through on goal against Bristol City.

With Leeds 3-0 up, Vieira looked set to cap off his brilliant performance with a goal, but he unselfishly decided to pass to Saiz.

It turned out to be the wrong decision, as Leeds wasted the opportunity to add even more gloss to the scoreline at Ashton Gate.

And even Vieira admitted after the contest that he couldn’t work out why he didn’t take the shot on himself.

“I don’t know what I was doing! I was more disappointed that I passed [than Samu] missing,” he laughed. “I thought it was a good decision, but I thought it would have been a better decision if I took the shot, like the boys said!”

Despite the missed chance, Vieira still put in a hugely impressive display for Leeds against the Robins.

Vieira has been excluded from Leeds’ team throughout the season so far, but the youngster proved his point at the weekend.

Vieira was in wonderful form, as Leeds picked up an impressive three points against the Robins.

Vieira has now surely cemented his place in Leeds line-up for their upcoming league matches, with Thomas Christiansen describing the midfielder’s performance as ‘perfect’ during his post match comments.