Gary Neville has criticised Daniel Farke's tactics following his Leeds United side's 5-0 defeat at Arsenal on Saturday.
The Whites suffered their first of the campaign as Viktor Gyokeres scored twice to inspire Mikel Arteta's side to back-to-back wins.
Leeds' best chance fell to Pascal Struijk during the first-half when his powerful header was well saved by David Raya. However, the visitors failed to put the title hopefuls under any pressur after that and Arsenal duly ran away with the game, going in at the break with a three-goal cushion.
Last time out, Leeds edged past Everton thanks to Lukas Nmecha's penalty, which handed Farke back-to-back Premier League wins dating back to his time with Norwich City.
However, it was a chastening first trip on the road for Leeds, who face the uphill task of avoiding relegation back to the Championship at the first time of asking.
Neville was critical of Farke's tactics and called for more nous when it comes to setting up his side's away from home.
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“For me Leeds have to figure out a better way of playing away from home," he said. "They have set up to defend but the only way they can get up the pitch is by playing through Arsenal.
“Coming to the Emirates that style does not work, they don’t have the players to play through them and then the direct route does not work either. “They have James, Gnonto and Piroe up front but going direct to them does not work.
"It is clear they need to find another way.”
The focus for Farke and Leeds will be on going into the forthcoming international break with a bit of form before the enforced break at the beginning of September.
They travel to Sheffield Wednesday in midweek for the second round of the Carabao Cup before Newcastle United visit Elland Road.
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