The troubling thing about Leeds United’s defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion was that there was nothing to point to as the reason for the woeful performance.

Players were back from injury, aside from Wilfried Gnonto but he has now had a full week of training. Brighton had won just one of their past four games. The line up is what everyone would have selected, barring maybe Brenden Aaronson on the right.

Yet there was no shot on target until the 86th minute, the midfield operated as though they hadn’t played together before and United’s most consistent players - Jayden Bogle and Gabriel Gudmundsson - were undone.

There are defeats, and then there are defeats. There is a proverb that says setbacks are only setbacks if you don't learn from them and Daniel Farke must have taken a few new thoughts home with him.

Although, he indicated that it didn't have much to do with his tactics away from home. “In several away games - for...