Leeds United head coach Marcelo Bielsa said he was not frustrated by his side's defeat to Wigan Athletic yesterday with Nottingham Forest next up.
Forest host Leeds in a mouth-watering Championship clash at the City Ground on Saturday (5.30pm) with both sides losing yesterday in the race for promotion to the Premier League.
Leeds sit in second in the Championship, four points ahead of Forest who were beaten 2-1 by Birmingham City at St Andrew's despite opening the scoring early on.
The Whites, who held an eight-point gap at the top of the League in December, slipped to a second defeat to Wigan Athletic in as many seasons at Elland Road.
A Pablo Hernandez own goal just before the hour-mark was the difference, with Leeds unable to make their 77% of possession pay despite having 18 shots on Wigan's goal.
Bielsa, though, says the performance was there despite not getting the result and insists his players did as instructed.
"No! There is nothing that makes me feel frustrated," said when asked if the result was made even more annoying because of West Bromwich Albion's 2-0 defeat of Luton Town, a result that dethroned Leeds at the top of the League.
"Let's imagine if West Brom lose today, well then we'd still be frustrated with the result.
"But I didn't see our players at a low level, we attacked in the right way.
"There was one team which tried to attack and I didn't see a problem with our defence.
"We played the way we had to play, but it's difficult to think we would not score.
"We tried to remain focused in defence, but what I imagined what would happen didn't happen.
"It was difficult to think we wouldn't score, but the opposite two things happened.
"It's clear that the responsibility is on me as manager.
"If the team doesn't do what I ask, then okay.
"But if the team does everything I ask then it's my responsibility (if we lose).
"But we are talking about a team who are second in the table.
"You have to be a self-critic, which is deserving (after the result)."
