“The thing about Leeds..." - Sky pundit details mixed views on Marcelo Bielsa's tactics against Manchester United

Former Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher has weighed in on the fallout surrounding Leeds United’s 6-2 loss to Manchester United last weekend.

The Whites have been criticised for being too open, with head coach Marcelo Bielsa taking the brunt of the criticism for instructing his team to mark the Red Devils man-for-man, leaving the midfield area wide-open for the counter.

“I’ve loved watching Leeds, I really have. I watched them against Everton at Goodison Park, they were outstanding. The only thing is that there’s nothing critical to say, I’d bring you up on that," Carragher told Sky Sports' Monday Night Football.

“My big thing with Bielsa, I’ve loved watching him in the Premier League, he’s been fascinating, but playing the way they do, Gary Neville said they were made for Manchester United, for me, that’s not a positive.

“I’m not a big believer in somebody playing exactly the same way week in, week out, no matter who you are playing against. Some people love that, I don’t, that’s played right into Manchester United’s hands.

“The thing about Leeds and Bielsa, he has got disciples in the Premier League like Pep Guardiola, Mauricio Pochettino in years gone past, and they don’t play exactly the same as him, so it’s not like Bielsa’s way is absolutely perfect and bulletproof.

“There are still things I look at, certainly in that game, like having your midfield empty against Manchester United, who maybe have the best counter-attacking team in the league, I don’t think that’s right.”