Leeds United have lost seven of their last nine league games.
Leeds United are back in Championship action this weekend, as they take on former manager Garry Monk and his Middlesbrough side on Sunday.
Monk makes his first return to Elland Road on Sunday, six months since leaving Leeds after just one year in the job, before moving on to Middlesbrough.
If ever there was a game for Leeds to turn around their recent form, it’s this one. Fans will desperately want to see Monk leave Elland Road empty-handed after his acrimonious exit from the club, and such an important game may just help Leeds snap out of their rut.
After dropping just four points in the first seven games of the season, Leeds have now lost seven of their last nine in the Championship, including the 3-1 defeat at Brentford before the international break.
Christiansen will have spent the international break searching for answers, as this current run of form that Leeds are enduring presents him with a slump that he simply hasn’t experienced in his managerial career before.
The Spaniard lost just four league games in charge of APOEL Nicosia last season, never losing twice in a row, such was their dominance of Cypriot football last term.
Even at AEK Larnaca, Christiansen lost just seven games in his first season and second season respectively, meaning Leeds have already hit that mark this season after only 16 games played, with the sterner competition in the Championship, compared to in Cyprus, handing Christiansen an unfamiliar run of defeats.
It’s often said that some managers struggle to turn the tide when things are going badly, and Christiansen is far from the only Championship manager having to answer such questions right now – such as Alex Neil at Preston – but this current Leeds run is somewhat unfamiliar territory for Christiansen, and Leeds fans will hope that the big game against Middlesbrough can be the start of a revival.
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