Sunday Mirror

SIMON BIRD

- By CLIVE HETHERINGT­ON at Elland Road

LEEDS SHEFF WEDS 5 ............. Shots on Target ........... 2 7 ............. Shots off Target ........... 5 2 ............... Blocked Shots ............ 3 7 ..................... Corners ................... 5 8 ........................ Fouls .................... 16 3 ..................... Offsides .................. 2 1 .................. Yellow Cards .............. 2 0 ................... Red Cards ................ 0 82.2 ..... Passing Success %.. 69.9 59 ................. Duels Won .............. 45 56.7 ........ Duel Success % ..... 43.3 14 ..................... Tackles ................. 10 57.1 .......... Tackles Won % ...... 80.0 67.1 ........... Possession % ........ 32.9 44.2 ...... Territoria­l Adv % .... 55.8 572 ............. Total Passes .......... 276 20 .............. Total Crosses ............ 14 148 ............... Lost Balls ............. 139 55 ................ Recoveries .............. 63 69.3 ......... 1st Half Poss % ...... 30.7 64.8 ...... 2nd Half Poss % ..... 35.2

MARCELO BIELSA admitted his Leeds side are dogged by a sense of doubt after they lost top spot in the Championsh­ip.

Bogey man Garry Monk maintained his unbeaten record against Bielsa (below) in their fourth managerial meeting as Wednesday pulled off a smash-and-grab raid.

The visiting fans chanted “Leeds are falling apart’’ again – a harsh reminder of their habit of blowing promotion.

On-loan Newcastle winger Jacob Murphy struck in the 87th minute and substitute Atdhe Nuhiu added another in stoppage time.

Leeds have won once from their last six league games.

Boss Bielsa said: “It’s true, we have seen this situation before. We have to learn, if we have some weak points in our performanc­e, that we transform a low performanc­e into a result. If we

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