A LESSON IN PRESSING Our determination was not at the required level in the first half on Monday, but credit to Leeds for handing out a lesson in pressing. It comes from Marco Bielsa of course, the revered Argentinian coach who inspired Pep Guardiola with his work with Argentina, Chile, Athletic Bilbao and Marseille before heading to Leeds. "Playing Leeds is like going to the dentist. It's tough, and nobody likes it," said Arteta after the game. The first-half stats were certainly alarming from our perspective: we were outshot by 15 to three, surrendered 67 per cent of the possession and lost the ball frequently enough to drag our passing accuracy down as low as 70 per cent....
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