On Friday night at Elland Road, the Foxes’ head coach watched helplessly as his league-leading team gave up three goals in the closing
moments. With about ten minutes left, Connor Roberts, a second-half substitution, cancelled out Wout Faes’ opening goal. However,
minutes later, Leeds took the lead thanks to a deflected shot by Archie Gray.
After Daniel James’ free kick, Patrick Bamford added a third goal in stoppage time. He stuck out his knee to deflect the ball past Mads
Hermansen and give the home team a crucial win that will help them qualify for automatic promotion this season.
Following his team’s second straight loss, Maresca held court with media and stated: “I think we were in control for 80 minutes, we
dominated, we created many chances, until the goal.”It’s easy to surrender a goal in the final ten minutes of this kind of game at this
stadium if you drop it a little bit or if they are mentally stronger than us. After we admitted that their mentality was superior to ours.”
Leeds’s perfect home record was in jeopardy going into the last stages, but their three late goals saved it. With their victory over
Leicester, United has won nine straight Championship games this year and 19 straight home games without a loss in all competitions.
“It’s football; things can go wrong.”
We concede when we score,” Maresca continued. “We didn’t seem mentally weak tonight since we were in charge and had the upper
hand. It’s easy for them to feel better mentally than we do after a concession at this stadium. Although we were able to lessen the
surroundings, it was unreal during the last ten minutes.
“They [the players] feel exactly the same way I feel, very bad because we lost.”
With their victory on Friday night, the Whites reduced Leicester’s lead at the top of the league to six points. On Saturday afternoon,
Chasers Southampton and Ipswich Town kick off at 3 p.m.
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