Tactics give way to chaos theory as Bielsa and Guardiola slug it out


A pulsating match between Leeds and Manchester City often defied analysis, evolving and mutating at great speed

There would be plenty of time for handshakes and benedictions. What Marcelo Bielsa wanted to do above all, as the full-time whistle blew at Elland Road, was think. He wanted to process what he had just seen, and how he felt about it. As he sank to a crouch and bowed his head, the raindrops studded his jacket like diamonds.

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