Music was not booming through the walls of Leeds United’s Elland Road media suite at 4pm on Sunday. Journalists gathered for post-match press conferences underneath the John Charles Stand can often hear the Whites’ eclectic music taste after positive results.
It was predictably quiet on Sunday after one of the worst second-half collapses the stadium has seen in years. Javi Gracia would go on to explain what the post-match message had been in his dressing room debrief to the players.
In what was presumably a very sombre room after the match, the head coach said lessons would have to be learned and the pain of the experience should not be forgotten.