'Fighting' - Max Wober on Leeds United's 'annoying' plan and Whites need in battle for survival

Leeds fell to their 19th league defeat of the season in Saturday's clash at Manchester City in new manager Sam Allardyce's first of four games in charge of the relegation-scrap run-in. Wober, though, says Allardyce's approach is exactly what Leeds require and that his side have already issued a strong message of intent through their resilience and second-half response in Saturday's 2-1 defeat at the Etihad.

Leeds trailed 2-0 at the interval after a brace from Ilkay Gundogan despite what Wober described as an attempt to be "annoying" for Pep Guardiola's hosts. United, though, showed more going forward in the second half than they did in the first and set up a nervy finale when Rodrigo pulled a goal back just after the hat-trick seeking Gundogan had seen his penalty tipped onto the post by Whites stopper Joel Robles. Leeds have now been left in the drop zone after Monday’s results but Wober says his side have already shown that they are up for the fight in the bid to save their Premier League skins.