Leeds United Coach Jesse Marsch has said he won’t sleep after his team suffered consecutive setbacks since he took charge at Elland Road.
Leeds fell one disappointing defeat 3-0 at home Aston Villa on Thursday, after a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Leicester City in Marsch’s first game at the club last week.
The result puts Leeds in 16th place in the table but only 2 points above the relegation zone while ranked 18th Burnley have two games in hand.
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Speaking at his post-match press conference, the American coach said he anticipates a sleepless night to steer the club out of relegation.
“One thing that I can promise you is that I am not afraid of the moment and the situation,” Marsch said. “In a way, I like to lean against the wall. Right? Because I think this business isn’t about how good you are when it’s good. It’s about how good you are when it’s real. difficulty.
“And obviously, we have a really tough situation. So I’m not going to get much sleep tonight. I can promise you that. But I’ll think it over and make sure I rally. and helped the group regroup in every way. So that Sunday, we put together a much better performance and a performance that we think represents more than who we are. we.
“This is what I am here to do in a very difficult moment, help the club and help the players understand what we need to do to survive in this situation. I want to grow. I want the team Ours and our players develop the situation.”
Marsch replaces Marcelo Bielsa as new coach last week but his side failed to score a single goal in their first two games and conceded four in the process.
Leeds welcomes Premier League strugglers Norwich City arrived at Elland Road on Sunday and Marsch says he wants his players to learn from Villa’s results and not be afraid to play in front of the home team’s backing.
“I underestimated the stress of this moment,” he added. “From the players’ point of view, we had a very good week, 10 days of fun together. I tried to create clarity for the whole team about how we wanted to play and the behaviors we were in. want as well as tactics to create clarity But obviously from the beginning we lacked confidence and aggressiveness in the game.
“I heard a lot about the Elland Road crowd tonight and from the start I thought it was amazing. But I could also see that the players, they wanted to do great for each other, for the club and For the fans it almost puts more pressure and stress on their shoulders.
“So from the very beginning I said that we have to be calm, and we have to be clear, and I can see right now that’s a message that we have to be strong. And you know when we do. We need to know that fear will guarantee failure, won’t it? It won’t protect us from failure We must be fearless We must attack the game and we have to chase the opponent. That’s the biggest lesson for me from what happened tonight.”
