Javi Gracia's Leeds United press conference transcript in full: injury silence, tactics, Potter and facing Chelsea
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Leeds make the journey to West London for the second time in five days as they prepare to take on Graham Potter’s ailing Blues at Stamford Bridge. Unlike Tuesday night’s FA Cup exit to Fulham, this time Leeds return to league action coming off the back of a long-awaited Premier League win last weekend at home to Southampton.
Chelsea, meanwhile, have failed to score in five of their last six matches, losing each of their last three in all competitions as pressure intensifies on former Brighton boss Potter. A report in the Telegraph earlier this week stated that Potter’s job could be under threat if the home side do not earn a result against Leeds.
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Hide AdGracia’s men have shown signs of improvement since the Spaniard took charge but the 52-year-old acknowledged there is still work to be done, particularly in terms of the team’s finishing which was wayward on Tuesday night at Craven Cottage.
The Leeds head coach will be joining the media from 1pm. Follow all the updates and everything he has to say right here.
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Javi after Fulham
Leeds were unlucky to be knocked out of the FA Cup by Fulham on Tuesday night. Here’s what Gracia had to say at the final whistle:
In this moment I am really disappointed after the game because in my opinion, I think we were a little bit unlucky. Unlucky because we created many chances. It’s true we were not clinical, we didn’t finish with composure, but we scored a goal that was disallowed in my opinion very, very soft. Then we were close to changing the dynamic of the game but we didn’t score.