Anxiety is a part of the problems Leeds United are suffering on the pitch right now, according to head coach Jesse Marsch. After a run of eight matches without a win, confidence in the camp is brittle and the American is seeing that spill into their desperation to make this run stop.
One of the tenets of the difficulty Leeds had down last season’s home stretch, Marsch felt, was tension and pressure in the group as they felt the slide into the Premier League’s bottom three. The former RB Leipzig man felt those emotions were clouding judgement and making it harder to carry out his tactical plans.
Speaking after Sunday’s 3-2 loss, Marsch acknowledged anxiety was again creeping into the decisions his players were taking on the field. The head coach can see how that pressure to rush their patterns of play then exposes them in transition to counters from the opposition.
