Jack Harrison on Marcelo Bielsa's half-time message and Leeds United's battling point at West Brom

Jack Harrison revealed that Marcelo Bielsa’s half-time message was clear as Leeds United battled to a 1-1 draw with West Brom in the Championship.

The Whites fell behind at the Hawthorns inside two minutes as Baggies defender Semi Ajayi prodded a loose ball home from a corner which required goal-line technology to be given by referee Robert Jones.

Leeds, though, hit back after the break as half-time substitute Patrick Bamford made his presence felt immediately following his introduction.

The striker got on the end of a Harrison cross seven minutes into the second half as his header took a deflection off Albion goalscorer Ajayi before finding the bottom corner of Sam Johnstone’s net.

United pushed on in search of a winner in the top-of-the-table clash but had to settle for a point that saw Bielsa’s men remain top of the division on goal difference ahead of the Baggies before a short break from league action in the FA Cup.

Whites winger Harrison was upbeat following the hard-fought draw and revealed that the message was clear from the United camp at the break.

“It was to just continue to press high and make it difficult to play,” Harrison said of the instructions at the interval.

“We know the type of team that they are. They’re good at playing out and keeping possession so we knew if we could make that difficult for them it would make it easier for us.

"The message was just to continue to do that, press high and to continue playing our football. We know if we do that we’re going to get goals and that’s what Patrick did.”

Asked about the goal and whether United’s No 9 would be claiming it, he smirked: “I’m hoping I got an assist for Patrick’s goal! As long as it went in it doesn’t matter, it’s an important goal for us. It helped us to get that momentum and push us on for a second.

“It made it difficult for them to play and he’s done well to get on the end of it.”

Leeds were put on the back foot immediately at the Hawthorns, but the Manchester City loanee was pleased by the character he and his team-mates showed in grabbing a result.

“We put ourselves in a tough position letting in a goal so early,” the 23-year-old said.

“I thought the team managed the game well, we played our football and we made it difficult for them to play as well. They were kicking it long quite frequently and that’s not their style of football.

“We’re happy that we took them off their game a little bit. I felt the second goal was coming and, against a team like that and the opposition, we’re happy with the draw.

“Our plan was to make them feel uncomfortable and it was a big advantage for us. We tried to capitalise on that.”