Gabby Agbonlahor responds to 'rattled' Leeds United fans after labelling Marcelo Bielsa's Whites 'a myth'

Agbonlahor took to social media following Marcelo Bielsa's side's 1-0 reverse at home to Wolves on Monday night to call Leeds "a myth" and state that: "maybe all the pundits will get out of Bielsa's a...e."

The Tweet attracted nearly 4,000 retweets and over 3,000 likes as well as over 2,000 replies.

For Leeds, a trip to Agbonlahor's former club Villa was next and the ex-striker looked on as Bielsa's Whites bounced back from their Wolves reverse in style with a 3-0 victory in which Patrick Bamford bagged a hat-trick.

Agbonlahor then took to social media to applaud United on their victory, saluting a "great performance"and saying well done to Bamford but speaking on talkSport, the former forward questioned why his initial Tweet had got fans so "rattled."

Agbonlahor told talkSPORT: “How can a club the size of Leeds, this big club, be so affected by a tweet from Gabby Agbonlahor?

“I’m getting messages from Leeds fans saying I’m a has-been and this and that and I totally agree, so why are you so rattled by something that I’ve tweeted.

"I don’t see a club like Manchester City or Manchester United when they win a game the talk is about a pundit saying their manager is a myth.

“You’ve got to expect that. You’re in the big league.

"You are going to get ex-players who are going to try and wind up Leeds and try and put them off their game.

“It’s part of being in the big league and the big time.”

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