Christiansen Given Lift As Tykes Are Brushed Aside
LEEDS eased the pressureon under-fire bossThomas Christiansen with a cakewalk of a victory at Oakwell.
Seven defeats from nine games – including a 4-1 hiding at Wolves in midweek – had left Leeds floundering and the Dane fearing the worst.
But a sensational attacking display from Samu Saiz, ably assisted by fellow-scorer Ezgjan Alioski, blew Barnsley away from the get-go.
The lacklustre hosts never struggled out of first gear and, despite a brief second-half rally, were actually flattered by the 2-0 scoreline.
“We were second best,” said Tykes boss Paul Heckingbottom. “It’s not many times I’ve said that this season, but we weren’t good enough.
“There was a big difference in quality on that pitch. Their bigtime players, their technical players, they all performed. When they got into that final third, they showed their class. We didn’t. First-half, their keeper didn’t have a shot to save. We had one successful cross. We didn’t do enough, simple as that.”
This story is from the November 26, 2017 edition of The Football League Paper.
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