Premier League: Leeds win at City, Bielsa gives Guardiola a lesson in realism

Dominated is no guarantee of success!

The players of Bayern Munich, beaten (2-3) Wednesday by PSG in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League despite full control in the game, can attest to this.

Pep Guardiola, Manchester City coach, gave him the bitter experience this Saturday during the duel against the Leeds team, led by his mentor Marcelo Bielsa, on the occasion of the 31st day of the Premier League.

Reduced to 10 throughout the second half after Cooper's expulsion and despite 7 minutes of added time, Les

Peacocks, one of the nicknames of Leeds, achieved the incredible performance of winning (1-2) on the lawn of the intractable leader of the championship thanks to a double from Dallas (42nd, 90th + 1).

The class ...

A real feat given the scenario of the meeting.

The numbers are worth all the talk.

Even if City came with a logically reshaped formation (including De Bruyne on the bench) 4 days before the return leg against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League (2-1 victory in the first leg), the Citizens have largely dominated the debates.

They had an outrageously favorable ball possession (71% against 29% for his opponent) and created a plethora of chances.

Bernardo Silva's partners shot 29 times on goal, including 7 shots on target.

Despite everything, they had to wait for the 76th minute and a strike from Ferran Torres to find the fault.

During this time, the players of the former coach of OM obtained two opportunities ... which ended up in the back of Ederson's net.

Incredible realism.

A real attack - schoolyard defense.

⭐️ Stuart Dallas the star ⭐️ # MCILEE pic.twitter.com/d7o3uwGRNE

- Premier League (@premierleague) April 10, 2021

“Bielsa's teams are always better when he leaves than when he arrives.

We can see his influence on the game, we can immediately see that it is the Bielsa team.

The team belongs to him.

For the world of football, this is only happiness.

He respects the opponents, he plays for the spectators, he does not make bad shots, he plays the win in the same way at home and away, ”Pep Guardiola said in praise before the match.

The result shouldn't change his mind.

Despite this setback, Manchester City retains the lead in the standings with 14 lengths ahead of their runner-up and neighbor Manchester United who travel to Tottenham on Sunday.

For its part, Leeds climbed to 9th place (45 pts) just 6 lengths behind Chelsea (5th) and a ticket for a European Cup.