Have Leeds become EPL’s dirtiest club?

LEEDS. - If you thought Leeds were dirty under Don Revie, try watching Jesse Marsch’s clobbers.

But while Revie’s mob backed it up with results, the American looks to be sending the Whites crashing down into the Championship.

Not only have the last three games produced three defeats, but also the loss of three key players for the final two games - all because of shockingly bad challenges.

The American boss is big on motivational words, flip-flopping from quoting pacifist Ghandi to his players to demanding unrelenting blood and thunder.

The result of those mixed messages?

Stuart Dallas breaking his leg after a nasty challenge on Manchester City’s Jack Grealish, Luke Ayling being sent off last week for a sinister lunge on Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli, and now Dan James being shown red for arguably the worst of the lot.

Mason Mount had already put Chelsea ahead with his 11th of the season, getting the stuttering Blues back on track just in time for tomorrow’s FA Cup final against Liverpool, with a comfortable 3-0 win.

Christian Pulisic and Romelu Lukaku bagged the second and third for Thomas Tuchel’s side, who stopped the rot following a three-game winless run.

They could have had a hatful more too, whereas Leeds failed to register a single shot on target.

But when you’re still in the game, scrapping for your life to avoid relegation, you simply don’t do what Dan James did.

Or Dallas.

Or Ayling.

Not that it came as any surprise to anybody who has listened to hyped-up Marsch in recent weeks.

Twenty-four minutes in and the Welshman flung himself into a 50/50 challenge with Mateo Kovacic.

He may have won the ball first, but the studs were up and the sickening follow through planted straight into the Croatian’s ankle.

Whatever the hell motivator Marsch is saying to his team, it isn’t even remotely working.

When quoting Gandhi and Saint Mother Teresa gets results like this, it might be time for a rethink.

Leeds are only the eighth side in Prem history to see a player red carded in the first half of backto-back games, and the first since Hull in 2016.

With Brighton and Brentford still to play, there remains a glimmer of hope that they can jump from 18th above Burnley.

However, not only have they conceded the second-most goals, it looks like they could play a whole season without scoring again.

For Chelsea, a win to restore some muchneeded calm.

A top-four spot which started to look in real jeopardy as their form collapsed should be secure now.