Panic button not required but addition of exciting youngster could help Marcelo Bielsa and Leeds United with 'plan A'

You can see why. On another day, the Whites could have been out of sight.

So too could the Hammers and the problem for Leeds is that ruing what might have been is becoming more and more common.

Yet six games in is still far too early to panic for a side who will be intent on executing plan A better although the time also feels right to now unleash Joe Gelhardt too.

As has been the case with plenty of games during Bielsa’s tenure, Saturday’s clash against West Ham is a difficult one to look back on and assess, hence Bielsa’s analysis in his post match press conference.

“I don’t think that we deserved to lose but I imagine that the opponent’s manager thinks that they deserved to win,” said the Whites head coach.

The stats lean towards any arguments suggesting that the visitors were worthy winners as West Ham side mustered 20 shots on goal of which seven were on target, compared to 15 from Leeds, five of which required saving.

Leeds have now faced the most shots of any team in the Premier League over the first six games of the season - 112 of them - and that is a worry.

But United are always likely to concede chances such is their style of play and that is why it is so imperative that Leeds take theirs.

Albeit after some smart saves from Illan Meslier, there is no denying that United were in pole position to take all three points from Saturday’s contest before badly fading after the break.

There are several factors worth highlighting and the opportunity that Klich rolled wide when Leeds were 1-0 up felt like a pivotal moment in the game.