Pressure is building on the players as well as the manager admits Gruev

Ilia Gruev admits manager Daniel Farke is not the only one under pressure at Leeds United with their Premier League return "not going so well".

- by Kyle Newbould

Leeds did enjoy a promising start to life back in the topflight but five defeats in six games has left them in the bottom three, below West Ham on goal difference.

A 2-1 defeat at home to Aston Villa last Sunday heaped more pressure on Farke with a smattering of boos heard inside Elland Road at full-time, while some in the Kop chanted 'you don't know what you're doing'.

Farke insisted after the defeat he was not concerned over his job security but things won't get any easier for the German, whose side face Manchester City on Saturday before meetings with Chelsea and Liverpool.

But the manager is not alone in being under pressure.

"It is normal in football," Gruev told Leeds Live.

"Daniel is very positive and he is trying to help us. We are also under pressure - the team.