Leeds United fell to defeat this past weekend in their titanic clash with Sheffield United at the top of the Championship.

Chris Basham scored the only goal of the game in the second half to send Marcelo Bielsa’s men to a damaging defeat.

The loss was compounded with the injury to Pontus Jansson who had to be forced to the attacking third of the pitch to make up the numbers, before he went in goal after the dismissal of Kiko Casilla.

It was a defeat that leaves Leeds third in the league, one point off second place and five of leaders Norwich City.

There are only eight games remaining for the Whites to salvage their season ahead of a potential play-off run should they fail to make the top two.

There is much to learn in defeat, and this will be the most eye-opening lesson to date for Bielsa.

So, with that said, here are THREE things we clearly learnt about Leeds after their 1-0 loss to Sheffield United.

Frustration at every turn

Try as Leeds might, they failed to impose themselves on Sheffield United and were frustrated at every turn.

A resolute defensive display from the Blades meant the Whites were unable to play to their strengths.

Caught offside often and unable to finish the chances that presented themselves meant they became frustrated and make a high number of individual errors.

Jack Harrison’s form fell off a cliff

In the last few weeks, the Man City loanee had impressed and come on leaps and bounds with some pretty stellar performances.

Having been poor for large spells of the season, he was starting to show the Leeds fans what he can really do and was getting them back on his side.

That was until this past weekend when he failed to have any impact on the game, who despite a high pass completion percentage, made little to no impression on the match.

Bielsa might want to consider his place in the side after the international break.

Struggled when the Blades imposed themselves

Leeds are usually the aggressors in a game – but they were unable to cope when the Blades imposed themselves onto proceedings.

The home side has the better of the play until the final ten minutes before half-time before building on that in the second-half.

In truth, they were outgunned by their opponents who did to Leeds what Leeds have done to so many this season.

It will be something for Bielsa to think about over the international break.