Leeds United returned to the top of the Sky Bet Championship table with a 2-0 home victory over Hull City.
The game was pretty even until Jordy De Wijs put past his own keeper to give Leeds the advantage, and that was doubled just nine minutes later when North Macedonian international Gjanni Alioski fired home to secure the victory for Marcelo Bielsa’s side.
The Argentinian manager felt as if his side merited the victory. As quoted by BBC Sport, he said: “Hull City were not the best team to come here this season at the beginning of the game, but in the end this has been a very important win for us. It was a game of two different halves. In the first half we were good, but we faced an opponent with a very attractive style of play.”
“We couldn’t stop Hull’s chances, but we kept on the offensive. We risked the result in the second half, but once we had scored the second goal, we then managed the game very well. We had a lot of crosses and chances, and the conclusion is that we deserved the victory.”
Defeat for Hull City leaves them in 14th place, but they are only five points off the Play-Off places.
Speaking about the defeat, their manager Grant McCann was pleased with his side’s performance.
“I thought it was harsh and cruel but I’m not interested in hard luck stories,” he said.
“We thought we had scored and then 20 seconds later it was in our net at the other end. I was very pleased with the performance. We wanted to play through their press and I thought we did that. A couple of times we took one touch too many. We’re usually ruthless and today we weren’t.”
“We’re getting closer to where I want us to be.”
