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How Sam Allardyce is planning to stop 'unique' Marcelo Bielsa and Leeds United

West Bromwich Albion manager Sam Allardyce says that his side are eager to expose 'crazy' Marcelo Bielsa and Leeds United this evening.

The Whites managed to get back to winning ways thanks to a 1-0 win over Burnley on Sunday, with Bielsa's men now now 12th in the Premier League ahead of tonight's fixtures in the top tier.

The Argentine has been heavily praised in recent years for his approach to the game, something which has increased tremendously since Leeds' free-flowing attacking football has been on display in the Premier League.

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Labelling Bielsa as 'crazy', Allardyce spoke at length ahead of the clash at The Hawthorns about how his side must repel the Whites.

"I've got to work out why he is so crazy," Allardyce said in his press conference ahead of tonight's game, per Sky Sports. "It's not crazy, it's more his intelligence and unique style. It serves the players and the club in good stead.

"We have to find out a way we can score against them, which sometimes seems pretty easy but it's never going to be as easy as that. In the opposite sense, they go out to score as many goals as they possibly can so we have to try and cancel that out.

"We've got an idea how they play and we watched them on the telly the other day against Burnley. I thought Burnley were robbed of a goal.

"When you are going to play against Leeds you want to try and stop them from being adventurous, but at the same time you want to try and expose the gaps and spaces that they leave."

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