Steven Gerrard snaps back at Jesse Marsch following Leeds vs Aston Villa frustrations
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Steven Gerrard has snapped back at Jesse Marsch after the Leeds United boss claimed Aston Villa deliberately slowed the pace of the game down.
Gerrard’s men were ultimately left frustrated at Elland Road after failing to break down the ten men of Leeds United as it finished 0-0, following Luis Sinisterra’s red card which was handed to him by referee Stuart Atwell shortly after half-time.
Villa pushed to make the breakthrough but lacked balance within their build-up play, with the likes of Ezri Konsa having to fill in at right-back, after Ashley Young had switched flanks due to Ludwig Augustinsson suffering an injury in the first half.
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Speaking in the post match press conference, Marsch criticised Villa’s pace throughout the fixture, despite a Leeds player seeing red for a gamesmanship related incident. “Villa slow the games down and it’s two or three opponents that want to, at every moment, throw the ball away and take a minute on every goal kick,” said the Leeds boss.
“We need some help to manage this, right? We can’t do it alone. The sad thing is is that this is the best environment in the league for me and our fans don’t come here to watch a snail’s-paced match.”
To which Gerrard countered the Leeds boss by saying: “Was he happy with their time-wasting when they went to 10? It works both ways. I’m not really interested in Jesse, what he thinks and his opinion.
“My priority is Aston Villa and I’m in here to talk about our performance. We’ll do what we need to do to get points and that won’t change.”
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