LEEDS PLAN OF ATTACK IS UNCHANGED

MARCELO BIELSA has vowed Leeds will still employ a gung-ho game plan against Manchester United – despite losing 6-2 at Old Trafford.

The Argentinian is not for changing his style even though Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s stars – second in the Premier League behind Manchester City – have proved they can be devastating on the counter-attack.

Although his side were routed by United in December, boss Bielsa took positives from the game, insisting the score would have been much closer if Leeds had taken their chances.

Power

While recognising United’s breakaway power with Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood all devastating in the transition phase, Bielsa insists he will not adapt the way his own stars play as Leeds look for revenge at Elland Road today.

“We always try to play in the same manner, ” he said.

“And when we play at our best, it is because we have managed to impose or put in play those resources that best suit us

“We always have the same objective and we always try to reach that objective in the same manner.”

Bielsa (right) admires United’s “simple football” – and is tuned in to the rivalry between the clubs.

“Simple football is the best football and that is how United play. When the players do what they should do and what they are best doing,” he said.

“Manchester United is an example of this. This has permitted them to do what they have done.

“The game is simple but to play simple is very difficult. When you manage to achieve it, it is very satisfying.

“I know perfectly what it means to play in a classic game like this.

“It’s something that’s built up for so many years, the name, what it means to the fans.

“I know the effect the result can have on the people.”

Bielsa refuses to speak about the season as a whole until the final game but believes his team is maturing after conceding only six home goals this calendar year.

“There’s been a growing maturity of the team in general, their development, their experience and their ability to play every game,” he said.

Smart

“When a team reaches that state of maturity they make fewer errors. It lifts your stability. We have to show that every week.

“You always learn when you come up against problems you need to solve. The Premier League has a unique characteristic in that every game is important.

“But to evaluate the season with six games still left would not be smart on my part.”