Marcelo Bielsa believes that only by being promoted can Leeds United heal the wound they have suffered by losing at home against Wigan Athletic.

Despite leading 1-0 against a struggling Wigan outfit with 17 minutes on the clock at Elland Road, and with the visitors reduced to ten men, Leeds conspired to lose 2-1 and slip to third place in the Championship standings.




Bielsa made two changes at half time as he sought to push his men over the line, with Kemar Roofe and Adam Forshaw coming on, while Jack Clarke was introduced on the 70 minute mark.

But Leeds could not find a way back and Bielsa is hurting at the wound defeat against a Wigan team fighting against relegation has created.
 


The Argentine believes it can only be healed if Leeds get over the line and win promotion to the Premier League, but warned the challenges ahead are more difficult than those already faced.

"The games we have to play are going to be difficult than the game we played today. And if we don’t get promoted it won’t be a season to be remembered", Bielsa explained at a press conference.
 

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"It’s not because we have the obligation to be promoted, but it’s because we arrived at this moment with all of the conditions to get promoted.

"We lost the ranking we had and the games we are going to play are going to be a lot more demanding than the games we’ve played so far.

"In an hour I will be thinking about rebuilding our possibilities because we will heal this wound only by getting promoted.

"If there is a team that has been unlucky it’s been our team in all, or at least 90% of the games.

"Today’s game everything was in our favour to take advantage of the moment.

"Destiny gave us a hand today, a red card for the opponent, a penalty, 15 chances to score and there is no doubt that I field the whole responsibility", the Leeds boss added.

The Easter schedule means the Whites do have a chance to quickly bounce back and Leeds are due to lock horns with Brentford on Easter Monday.