Gabby Agbonlahor and Ally McCoist react to Leeds United in Premier League live on talkSPORT
Ally McCoist has labelled the Premier League relegation fight as “ridiculous” as Leeds United jumped to 13th in the Premier League after their 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest.
Gabby Agbonlahor agreed and insisted that the Whites are fighting to stay up as they battered Forest after they conceded an early goal at Elland Road.
Leeds are now set for two more consecutive home games with Crystal Palace and Liverpool set to arrive in LS11 over the next fortnight.
Speaking live on the talkSPORT morning show [05 April, 08:22], McCoist kicked things off in the studio review of the Tuesday night fixtures in the Premier League.
“It’s ridiculous,” he said. “Leeds, Leeds jumped up six places I think. Leeds are sitting 13th.”
Agbonlahor also jumped in and surprisingly backed the corner of the Whites after they made sure that Forest left Elland Road with nothing last night.
“It’s who wants it more,” he replied. “Who wants to stay up? Leeds want to stay up, they’re fighting at home.
“Forest went 1-0 up, Leeds battered them because they want to stay up.”
Consistency.
Tuesday night was a case of win at all costs for Leeds, and that is exactly what they managed to do.
Nottingham Forest may have snatched an early goal, but the Whites destroyed them after that, limiting them to few chances and creating numerous opportunities themselves.
If we were picky, it should have been much more comfortable in the end, but three points are all that matter in the Premier League and backing it up is the next goal.
Should Leeds also beat Crystal Palace on Sunday 09 April, it would make it consecutive wins and also should widen the gap to the bottom three which still sits at only two points.
The league is that crazy that you could win one week and jump to 13th, but then lose the week after and drop into the bottom three and relegation pressure.
Javi Gracia is keeping his mind on the job as he refuses to look at the table, and hopefully that can help with another huge win this weekend over Palace.
In other Leeds United news, a teenager now looks closer than ever to his debut after what he did at Thorp Arch during the international break with Javi Gracia taking note.
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