Sixteen days was one of the big hurdles Jesse Marsch had to navigate for Leeds United as they came away from Watford earlier this month. This was not an unforeseen incident or piece of tactical wizardry from Patrick Vieira, it was in plain sight and Marsch admits they did not handle it well.
Leeds came away with a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace on Monday night despite a very difficult evening with very little potency in attack and some last-ditch defending at the other end. An extended break between matches was seen as another vital opportunity, early in Marsch’s tenure, to improve the squad’s familiarity with his tactical plan.
"Result is big,” said Marsch. “Every point is important, but performance, not our best, but defensively very stable.
