Fans of Leeds United have been reacting to a post on Twitter, in which Adam Pope relayed comments made by Nuno Espirito Santo following Wolverhampton Wanderers victory against Leeds on Monday.
In his tweet, Pope relayed Nuno Espirito Santo’s assessment that Marcelo Bielsa’s side ’caused Wolves enormous problems in the first half’ and that he was ‘very pleased’ with his side’s ‘better second half’ performance.
The Portuguese manager continued by stating that he ‘felt his side answered the questions’ regarding their ‘fitness & energy to stay in the game’ and that they showed their ‘character’ to go on and win the fixture, which finished 1-0.
So, what did these Leeds United fans make of Nuno Espirito Santo’s comments regarding the match?
Also think Kalvin has to stop ball watching, he goes missing too in my opinion.
— James Stewart (@shcutter) October 19, 2020
Thought we played into Wolves hands in 2nd half. Stopped being patient n looked for too many Hollywood balls wen they weren’t on. Lost possession n got frustrated trying to force it more n never got down wings. Became more composed once Pablo came on n calmed things down.
— LiAm GiLl (@littleroundman) October 19, 2020
Maybe but Leeds were off it a bit….and the goal? just fluked it simple as that.
— David (@wizard_david04) October 19, 2020
It would appear that these Leeds fans do seem to think that their side did not play to the best of their ability in the fixture against Wolves, which saw the Whites take 13 shots at goal, with only two being on target.
Bielsa’s side did have a great deal of the ball in the fixture, finishing the match with 68% possession in comparison to Wolves’ 32%, however, despite this, it was Nuno Espirito Santo’s side who went on to take all three points from the match, with Raul Jimenez’s deflected strike on 70 minutes being enough to seal the win.
Do you think Leeds deserved to win the match against Wolves?
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And, many more Leeds fans took to Twitter in reaction to Pope’s tweet containing the comments of the Wolves boss, with a great deal of them also appearing to think that their club did not play well in the match.
We lacked a bit of maturity in game management in this, the top division!
We will get chastened by a team who are perhaps not even in the top half of the league, BUT crucially, we will learn from it.
Besides, consolidate our top 17 position #MOT
— #LUFC (@PremiershipL) October 19, 2020
They had all the luck tonight,lucky goal and lucky to have finished with 11 men on the field.we weren’t at our best tonight especially with the final ball,but definitely didn’t deserve to lose.
— Paul Tatlock (@1b97a1b0fcac4cc) October 19, 2020
Fair point. They stayed in the game. Managed it well.
— peter-maurice (@petermauriceuk) October 19, 2020
All in all, it would seem the majority of these Leeds fans are somewhat in agreement with Nuno Espirito Santo’s remarks about the game, however, others stated their belief that Wolves got slightly lucky in the fixture, and that Leeds did not deserve to lose.
However, with the Whites sitting comfortably in 10th place in the Premier League table, having won two, drawn one and lost two of their five league fixtures this season, this loss to Wolves is far from a disaster for Bielsa’s side.