Stoke City 0 Leeds United 2 live reaction after more full-time boos

Narcis Pelach reaction: why did Stoke drop off so much after the first seven or eight minutes?

Pelach: "It drops off because of the quality that Leeds has. We got beat by quality. You have ideas and you try to implement them but when the ball is there and the player in front of you waits until you move and then finds the free player, this creates a little bit of not doubt but makes you drop. We tried and the first seven or eight minutes we could be there and we created a good chance for Lewis Koumas that could have changed the night. This is what you need, these little moments you need to take in order to beat Leeds.

"It's a difficult game and you know it. We prepared the team in the best way because you need to be reslient, they make you defend a lot, they have a lot of ball possession and if you press them high and you go late, they beat the press and can have an open goal.

"It's difficult. You need to decide as a coach what is less worse against this type of team; pressing high, which means they can attack you in vertical and fast attacks, which is very dangerous because they have very, very fast players who can decide the action very well in big spaces or you sit and wait and make it awkward for them in a tight space.

"We tried to have a hybrid game plan and be very aggressive at goal-kicks and try to press but always with one more and not man for a man because I don't think it suits the type of squad that we have, then when you are in the mid-block you try to be proactive in order to force the pass block but they support the ball fast and they have talented players who maybe the best in the division."