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Thomas Christiansen shares what he told Leeds United’s squad in team meeting

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Leeds United won their pre-season friendly against Guiseley 5-1.

Thomas Christiansen has revealed to the Yorkshire Evening Post that he issued a firm warning to his Leeds United’s squad ahead of their friendly against Guiseley on Saturday.

Leeds held a team meeting in the build-up to the pre-season friendly, and the extent of Christiansen’s research was clear.

Leeds went 3-0 down against Guiseley when the two sides met in a non-competitive match last term, before coming back to win 4-3.

And Christiansen warned that such a poor start would not be tolerated by him, even though the contest was only a friendly.

Thomas Christiansen

His Leeds players obviously heeded his words, as they went on to score in the opening minute, before going on to secure a 5-1 victory.

And Christiansen said: “In my meeting I showed them the score from last season and how they presented themselves in the first half.

“I didn’t want to see that. “In the first minute we scored the goal so the attitude was good and the performance was also a good one.”

Stuart Dallas and Lee Erwin both struck braces for Leeds against the non-league opposition, with Marcus Antonsson also getting on the scoresheet.

Leeds have now won both their pre-season friendlies to date, with Christiansen’s side set to travel to Austria to step up their preparations for the new campaign in the near future.

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