Arsenal's Hector Bellerin makes Leeds United admission after second half fright at Emirates
HECTOR Bellerin says his Arsenal side should have had better game management against a Leeds United outfit guaranteed to run for the full 90 minutes.
Bellerin's Gunners blitzed Marcelo Bielsa's Whites during the first half of Sunday's Premier League clash at the Emirates and led 3-0 at the break with Bellerin on the scoresheet.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang then put the Gunners 4-0 up when completing his hat-trick two minutes after the break yet Leeds then threatened to pull off a comeback as goals from Pascal Struijk and Helder Costa reduced the deficit for 4-2.
United ultimately fell short and dropped one place and two points below Arsenal in 11th but not without the respect of Spanish defender Bellerin who felt his side should have been more wary of United's traits in the second half.
"If there’s a team in the Premier League that you know will run for the whole 90 minutes, that’s Leeds,” Bellerin told www.arsenal.com.
“We did really well to score straight away from the re-start but then we conceded a set piece.
"It’s something that we know they’re strong at and we need to be more careful with that.
"Then we conceded another goal and even though you’re still two goals up you’re trying to defend the box as much as you can and make sure they don’t get another one.
“That shouldn’t be the way we play, you know?
"We should manage the game better in a way that when we’re winning 4-0, we should just have the ball and make them run instead of them making us run.
"There’s still a lot to learn but obviously, especially that first half, was really positive.”