Saturday, 8th March, 2014
Leeds United manager Brian McDermott has expressed his disappointment at his side's 5-1 thrashing at the hands of Bolton Wanderers today and explained he can sense nervousness around the team.
It had been expected to be a close contest at Elland Road between the two Championship teams, but a goal by Joe Mason before the break, which sent Bolton in 1-0 up, proved to be the catalyst for a Leeds meltdown.
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Lukas Jutkiewicz doubled the Trotters' lead just seven minutes after the restart before defender Zat Knight scored a third. Mark Davies then grabbed a fourth, while Andre Moritz hit Bolton's fifth in the 89th minute.
Matt Smith then scored for Leeds, but it was nothing more than a consolation and left McDermott reeling.
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Asked if he was disappointed, McDermott told LUTV: "That's an understatement."
And pressed on whether he had seen the beating coming, the former Reading boss replied: "No I didn't. Funnily enough after last four games we looked tight, we looked solid and we didn't see that one coming.
"First half there was nothing in that game and they scored just before half time like we did against QPR last week, which was a body blow.
"You've got players who are desperate to do well. There's just nerves around the team for whatever reason.
"We've not played here for a few games and I'm really, really upset at the way that game has gone."
Now McDermott wants a reaction from his side against Reading at Elland Road on Tuesday evening.
"We train tomorrow and we have to pick ourselves up for this game", he said.
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