Leeds United fought back to salvage a point against Aston Villa yesterday evening, matching the Villans' three goals in the West Midlands.
It was the third game in succession that Leeds have scored three times at Villa Park, although this time around Leeds left with one point instead of all three.
Nevertheless, the travelling contingent were in good spirits at full time as the Leeds squad applauded their fulsome support from the first to last minute.
Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa spoke to the media following his side's 3-3 draw at Villa Park, discussing his team's fighting spirit, tactics and the contributions of goalscorer Daniel James.
Here is every word the Argentine had to say following the enthralling fixture.
Can you sum up the pattern of that game and why it swung so far away from you and then back towards you?
It's a game with alternate dominance with moments of good football from both teams and a second half that didn't stand out as much but very competitive
Do you feel you deserved more than a point given the way the second half went?
Perhaps, we could have unbalanced in the second half but we created a few more chances which we were in conditions to do so.
How much faith did Daniel James repay in that centre forward role?
I'm very happy for him. I sincerely value the contributions that Dan makes to our game. That he scored is a lot better. But even when he doesn't score he makes contributions for our offensive game, to be profound.
Timing of Dan James' second goal imperative?
Yes, I coincide. The fact that we were only one goal behind at half time strengthened us to go into the second half.
Raphinha off the boil, Rodrigo in his place drove the team on all evening?
We count on creative players to construct the offensive game. To attack is very difficult it's the most difficult thing in football and it's difficult to play well for those players in attack continuously. Normally. the contributions even out. Sometimes one player stands out, other times another. But it's the norm in the offensive part of every team.
How tempted were you to recall Adam Forshaw before tonight?
If he were to play then one of James, Rodrigo, Klich would have had to come out and after their performance against Newcastle I thought they deserved to stay in the team.
Second half a lot more open, to what extent was that on purpose or just circumstances?
What we wanted was to prevent them creating danger but to continue attacking with fluidity.
