Even Bielsa can’t get players to hit target

IF MARCELO Bielsa picked up his bucket and walked out on Leeds tomorrow, you couldn’t blame the poor bloke.
From a coaching perspective, the Argentine’s team is pretty much flawless. They create hundreds of chances and concede very few. Possession is dominated as a matter of course.
“They batter every team in the Championship, every three days,” said an admiring Mikel Arteta, whose Arsenal team spent 45 minutes on the wrong end of a Bielsa masterclass before eventually triumphing 1-0 in the pair’s recent FA Cup clash. “It is a nightmare...

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