Premier League update

Were Leeds right to dismiss Marcelo Bielsa?

Unusually in the modern age, Bielsa’s sacking came not amid acrimony but sadness. Over the first three years of his reign, he had elevated fairly ordinary players to produce a thrilling side that had taken Leeds back to the Premier League. By the end, though, the defence had fallen apart with 40 goals conceded in his final12 league games, and14 in the last three. There was criticism of his man-to-man pressing system, but that is how he has always played; it’s