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George Smith

Marcelo Bielsa's verdict on Luke Ayling's return to Leeds United's starting line-up

Leeds United chief Marcelo Bielsa admitted it was difficult to find 'low points' in his players' efforts despite their 2-1 reverse to Millwall at The Den on Saturday afternoon.

Following defender Gaetano Berardi's controversial sending off after just 14 minutes, the Whites faced an uphill struggle as goals from Jed Wallace and Tom Bradshaw fired the Lions into a strong half time lead before Ezgjan Alioski pulled a goal back immediately after the half-time interval.

Though Leeds suffered a second successive away defeat it was a huge positive to see right-back Luke Ayling back out on the grass as he secured his first start and full 90 minutes since returning from ankle surgery.

Though Bielsa did not pinpoint all the praise on Ayling's performance individually, he, collectively, praised the efforts of all of his players' performances.

"Yes," Bielsa said, when answering a question on if it was a good performance from Ayling. "It's difficult to find low points in the team. We can find players at the normal level, the high level, but no low in the performance."

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