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29th April 2019
02:24pm BST

"Jansson did not want to listen. This diminishes my authority. I don’t know what the consequences are when you lose the faith of the player. This is my ironic response to you."Before adding: "My analysis, not everyone accepts destiny in the same way. When you have to give up something so hard to reach." And now the Swede has had his say on the incident, explaining that as a defender it was difficult to allow Villa to break the clean sheet. "I’m a defender, I want to have a clean sheet," he told the Mirror.
"I work hard for 90 minutes to keep a clean sheet and so to let another team score, for me that’s hard."Although it's reported Bamford could still face a post-match ban for going down, Leeds fans will be hoping they can draw a line under the incident and get on with their push to return to the Premier League. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1122492515834310657 Speaking after the game with the help of his translator, Bielsa said English football is known for sportsmanship and showed no regret over his decision to allow his opponents back into the game. "We just gave the goal back," he said.
"The facts are what everyone saw and we express our interpretation of the facts by doing what we did. "English football is well known for sportsmanship so I don't need to comment on this kind of thing that is common in England."He also said his players are ready for the playoffs after a gruelling season, most of which they spent in the automatic promotion places.
"I think so, yes. Today's events against the most in-form team in the league at the moment puts us close to what our possibilities are."With Leeds in 3rd and Villa in 5th, there's also the spicy prospect of the teams returning to face one-another in the Playoff final.
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