Leeds' caretaker manager thinks his side 'did enough to win' against Manchester United on Wednesday night.
Jesse Marsch was dismissed as Leeds manager earlier in the week, which meant Michael Skubala took caretaker charge of the side for their visit to Old Trafford, which also saw the return of former United assistant Chris Armas on the sideline.
Although Leeds had a 2-0 lead in the game, the points were eventually shared thanks to goals from Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho and both sides are set to meet again in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon at Elland Road.
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Leeds are expected to have named Marsch's permanent successor prior to that clash, but Skubala will work with their squad in preparation and he suggested his side will have more time to be ready for United in his post-match interview on Wednesday.
Skubala claimed Leeds worked on their shape for just 20 minutes in training and he hinted their plan would be similar for Sunday.
"We took a few knocks early on, that made it difficult for the second half," Skubala said after the 2-2 draw. "We need to go back and assess, it's a shame to lose some good players but we'll need to dig deep and stick together.
"I'm really proud of the players. I thought they did really well in the context, a tough place to come, they haven't lost in 13. I'm a little bit disappointed, I thought we did enough to win. It was really good to go 2-0 up so I'm disappointed not to win the game.
"But really proud to get a point. Not to be passive, to be aggressive, to be free and to go and attack them [was the message]. The most rewarding bit is the last moments, seeing out the game. [We did] 20 minutes of shape.
"We did the analysis and the video and they were very concentrated. [We said] let's have a good structure, be hard to beat, let's try and score goals and be positive. At the end we had to dig deep and had to show personality to see out the game.
"We need to go back and assess, it's a shame to lose some good players but we'll need to dig deep and stick together."
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