Jesse Marsch will be hard pushed to find positives out of Saturday’s 5-2 defeat to Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium. The Whites were comfortably second best and they were duly put to the sword by Thomas Frank’s rampant Bees.
Calamitous mistakes came at the back, the midfield was ineffective and they struggled to prevent Brentford from seizing control of the contest. Things could have gone differently had Patrick Bamford finished his gilt-edged chance in front of goal or even if the referee had decided to take a second look at the Crysencio Summerville penalty decision that eventually led to Marsch being sent to the stands.
Leeds were deserved losers in west London and the head coach understandably cut a frustrated figure in his post-match press conference. However, Marsch will have been delighted to see Luke Ayling return to action after several months on the sidelines.
