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Ricky Charlesworth

'What's not to love?' Leeds United revel in Marcelo Bielsa's reaction to Luke Ayling's stunner

There were the joyous scenes at Elland Road on Saturday following Luke Ayling's excellent opener against Huddersfield Town.

The full-back notched a superb goal in the Whites' 2-0 success - a goal that set the tone for a fifth consecutive victory.

Ayling lashed home early on for his third goal in just five outings.

The strike sparked huge celebrations but amongst the joyous scenes there was one man who didn't appear to join in - United chief Marcelo Bielsa.

The Argentine can be seen quietly sitting on his bucket whilst Ayling celebrates with the United substitutes on the byline.

It is a striking image that has gone down well with Leeds fans, marvelling at Bielsa's calmness in such a heated moment.

Afterwards, Stuart Dallas hailed Ayling and said that his colleague had scored a similar goal in training just the day before.

Speaking directly after the Elland Road win, Dallas says the opening strike from Ayling came hot on the heels of a similar effort yesterday at the Thorp Arch training pitches.

"He doesn't normally strike them like that but I've got to give it to him," said the Northern Irishman.

"He scored one exactly the same in training yesterday (Friday).

"I'm sure you'll see it on his Instagram at some stage!

"But it was a great goal. It was a great ball in by Jack (Harrison) and that made it a great start for us."

Ayling is now in the best goalscoring form of his career.

He scored the only goal of the game in the 1-0 win over Bristol City last month and notched again in the 4-0 thrashing of Hull City.

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