Marcelo Bielsa has given his opinion on Andrew Madley's performance after the referee's eventful afternoon officiating Leeds United's 2-0 win over Wigan Athletic.

Joe Williams was sent off after just 21 minutes when he picked up a second yellow for a late challenge on Patrick Bamford, having already been cautioned for a foul on Stuart Dallas.

Each set of supporters had complaints about the referee's performance. Adam Forshaw and Ben White received first-half bookings with giant centre-forward Kieffer Moore involved in a series of physical duels.

There was a loud shout for a penalty from the sizeable travelling Leeds support when a Pablo Hernandez cannon struck the arm of Antonee Robinson, though the resulting corner was headed in by Bamford for his second.


"Today was a very difficult game for a referee," said Bielsa in the post-match press conference.

"And after he sent off one player, it was more difficult to be a referee.

"The striker, with his type of style of game, he creates a lot of contacts that can create a lot of confusion in these type of situations, so it’s not easy to manage all these things."

"He didn’t want to complicate the game, he was making decisions depending on what he was watching."
