Grayson rues missed opportunity

13 April 2011 12:00
Leeds manager Simon Grayson felt Tuesday's defeat at Derby was a missed opportunity for his side but insisted they only have themselves to blame. Leeds find themselves looking over their shoulder as they try and cling on to a play-off spot. He said: "It's a game we knew we could win, it's a game we knew we had to take by the scruff of the neck to try and put Derby under pressure. "First half we were in control without ever really playing to the top of our game in terms of the final third and creating things, but we said to the players at half-time, `lets up it, get the first goal and we can go on and win the game'. "We do that but then we're just naive in what we did, straight from the kick-off we must have given the ball away three or four times which allowed them opportunities to get at our defence and that's really naive. "We contributed to our own downfall with some naive football."

Source: PA