Former Leeds United striker Jermaine Beckford has claimed manager Javi Gracia had 'one bad half at the office' against Crystal Palace and that his players must 'get on with it' ahead of their clash with Liverpool next week.
Despite scoring first, the Whites were pegged back to 1-1 at halftime before the Eagles netted four times in a 24-minute second-half period to win 5-1.
That opened the gap between them and Javi Gracia's side up to four points and saw the Whites slide down to 16th in the Premier League - but Beckford wasn't totally dismissive of the performance.
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"It wasn't a bad day at the office for me. The first half was probably up there with the best halves of football we've seen under Javi Gracia," Beckford claimed on the Official Leeds United Podcast.
"It was a shame, it was a shock. It's tough because what you have to do is let it hurt. Let it sink in, the pain of what's just happened, let it get into you.
"That way, in the next game that comes up, you'll recognise those situations start to come up and you'll start to realise, 'hold on a minute, this happened last time, I'm going to do something different'.
"24 hours, and then you brush it off and get on with it. Put it behind you. Look, Javi Gracia is a great manager, so far we've seen lots and lots of good and one half of football with complete capitulation. Mark it down as one bad half at the office and get on with it."
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