Michael Skubala believes his Leeds United U21s will be better for the experience of taking on Bolton Wanderers in the Papa John’s Trophy. The Whites fell to their first defeat of the season on Tuesday night, losing 3-0 to the League One outfit at the University of Bolton Stadium.
There was plenty to like about the youngsters’ performance against a strong Trotters outfit, though, and they had a number of chances to take the lead in the first half, with Sean McGurk spurning the best chance of the lot. However, Jon Dadi Bodvarsson gave Bolton the lead in the 14 th minute of the game and despite a battling performance from Skubala’s side, Amadou Bakayoko and Kieran Sadlier found success late on to secure Bolton’s place in the knockout stages of the competition.
Leeds still have one game to play in the competition and they know a win over Crewe Alexandra at Gresty Road in a fortnight’s time will seal their own berth in the next round. Skubala won’t spend too much time focusing on the result against Bolton, but he was more than happy with what he saw from his squad.
