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Marcelo Bielsa insists that he has no intention of going to Old Trafford this afternoon and closing the deal with his brave Leeds United.
Bielsa does not need to be reminded of the threat Manchester United has on the counterattack, but he refuses to sacrifice his football principles for his players to do something alien.
He was there for all to see when United won 3-2 at Sheffield United on Thursday night. But while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men have won every road game, it’s just one win in six games and just three goals at home, with teams wary of leaving space behind.
Even Pep Guardiola took a more cautious approach than usual for last week’s Manchester derby, which ended in a 0-0 draw.
However, ahead of this long-awaited encounter between the two great rivals from the north, the first in the Premier League since 2004, Bielsa will not step back.
“When the two teams want to sit down and play the counterattack, there is no game,” argues the Argentine.
“To play on the counter, two things are essential: the team you are facing plays high up on the pitch and loses the ball when trying to make the play. But if the two parties do the same, they cancel each other out.
“We will try to use our resources and we hope they will be sufficient to deal with counterattacks and United’s threat from set pieces, without changing our style.”
‘There is a safe way to do this, with us playing in our own half so that there is no possibility of them counterattacking. But we are not prepared to do that.
“We are prepared to avoid their counterattacks, using a much riskier approach as we try to play our own game.
For me, it’s about the way you win. Others may tell me that the result is the most important thing and it doesn’t matter how. But that’s just another point of view. ‘
Leeds de Bielsa have been an exciting addition to the Premier League this season. Only Champions Liverpool have participated in games with the most goals, 46 in Leeds’ 13 games.
It all started with a 4-3 loss at Anfield in September and they have been true to Bielsa’s style in every game since then, although he criticizes the idea that Leeds have been too enthusiastic.
“Sometimes when a team is judged to be naive, you have to think about what would make you change your own way of playing,” he says.
“Of course we will not ignore the quality of United in the set pieces or how their attackers take advantage of the open space. You only have to watch half an hour of his game the other night to see that. ‘
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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