"Proud": Leeds man sends message to his team following the Leicester defeat

Luke Ayling praised his team's performance, despite the 1-0 loss against Leicester City away from home on Saturday afternoon (March 5). Ayling admitted it was a 'really hard' week for Leeds. Speaking to BT Sport via Yorkshire Evening Post, the 30-year-old stated:

"We were close to second balls, we were playing forward pretty quickly and we got in some great positions to score the first goal which if we take we probably go on and win."   "Our new gaffer has come in and wants to change that and I know for me personally it felt like we were a lot more tighter and we weren't so stretched and I think that showed.   "I thought we did really well. I am proud of our performance.   "It was a really hard start to the week but the boys have had four great days' training and taken a lot on board.   "There's a lot that we have had to change in the four days but I think we have shown out there how we plan to move forward. That first goal is always massive in any game. I think if we score that goal then we probably kick on and win the game but that's football.   "Just what I said really, that we really played really well and we have not to take that into our next games.   "We can't get bogged down by these results, we have to take the positives out of it and try and take it into our next games." added Ayling