Following Saturday’s testy clash between Millwall and Leeds United at The Den, it was just on pitch matters that took the headlines from the one all draw.
With the hosts taking the lead, Jack Harrison levelled the scores up for in the 89th minute to take a deserved point but with gamesmanship from the Millwall bench in holding onto the ball to run the clock down seeing a confrontation between Marcelo Bielsa and Neil Harris, the incident was initially played down by both, although Millwall’s gaffer couldn’t resist a dig calling our celebration to the equaliser ‘a disgrace’ in English football.
Bielsa was obviously tasked with questions about the incident as he met with the media on Monday to discuss tonight’s clash with Preston North End and his response was unique, to say the least.
You can read his nine-minute response by Clicking Here.
Suffice to say the salient point to pick up from it was:
Bielsa not wanting to be drawn on Neil Harris' comments. Did say that behaviour doesn't relate to whether you are foreign or not. "If the river has too much water in it, you have to consider the reasons why." In other words, you have to look at why Leeds celebrated as they did.
— Phil Hay (@PhilHay_) September 17, 2018
His reaction delighted some fans in response.
Bielsa being quite koi there. Clever. ???? #LUFC
— Phil Hay O Fish ???? (@PhilHayOFish2) September 17, 2018
This man would easily make a decent philosopher
— Henry Nelson (@dobrownelson) September 17, 2018
This man is ahead of his time
— J (@barrydougIas) September 17, 2018
dalai bielsa
— Haber (@RMH1995) September 17, 2018
He’s a class act! ????????????
— Adam (@spraddles69) September 17, 2018
That is beautiful.
— Abubaker Rawat (@The_fun_meister) September 17, 2018
I think my favourite was an image of Yoda.