Marcelo Bielsa is no longer the coach of Leeds United, the club has announced.

Bielsa joined Leeds back in June 2018 where the club won the EFL Championship in the 2019-2020 season. He was able to get the club back in the Premier League after a 16 year absence. The Argentine won multiple Championship Manager of the Month awards and became a fan favorite.

However, a string of bad results leaves the club only two points above the relegation zone in the Premier League. A heavy 4-0 defeat against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday was his final match in charge. Leeds United chairman Andrea Radrizzani had this to say:

“This has been the toughest decision I have had to make during my tenure at Leeds United, taking into account all the success Marcelo has had at the club.

“With Marcelo as our head coach, we had three incredible campaigns and the good times returned to Elland Road. He changed the culture of the club and brought a winning mentality to us all.

“I have to act in the best interest of the club and I believe a change is required now in order to secure our Premier League status. Recent results and performances have not met our expectations.

“We find ourselves in a precarious league position and I feel now is the right time to bring in a new head coach, in order to have an impact in the decisive stage of the season.”

Emiliano Martinez kept a clean sheet for Aston Villa in their 2-0 win vs. Brighton as Emiliano Buendia was an unused substitute and Alexis Mac Allister started the match.

Martinez has now kept seven clean sheets for Aston Villa in the Premier League this season. This was the Argentine’s first time not letting in a goal in a Premier League match since January 22 in a 1-0 win vs. Everton.

Buendia was part of the team but did not play for Aston Villa as he was kept on the bench. The 25 year old has not played an entire 90 minutes since the win against Everton last month.

Alexis Mac Allister started for Brighton and played the entire 90 minutes. He has become a regular starter for Brighton, playing the full match in their last three games and playing the full 90 in seven of their last eight matches.

Alejandro Papu Gomez, Marcos Acuña, Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Ocampos and Erik Lamela will play West Ham in the Europa League.

There are 13 Argentine players remaining in the Europa League with at least one getting eliminated. Of the eight matches for the Round of 16, two of them will pit Argentine against Argentine.

From those 13 players, only one of them has lifted the Europa League trophy. Lucas Ocampos won it with Sevilla back in the 2019-2020 season. Here are the matches for the Round of 16 which begins next month:

Rangers vs. Red Star Belgrade

Braga vs. Monaco

FC Porto (Agustín Marchesín) vs. Lyon

Atalanta (Juan Musso, José Luis Palomino) vs. Bayer Leverkusen (Exequiel Palacios, Lucas Alario)

Sevilla (Marcos Acuña, Gonzalo Montiel, Alejandro Papu Gómez, Lucas Ocampos, Erik Lamela) vs. West Ham United (Manuel Lanzini)

FC Barcelona vs. Galatasaray

RB Leipzig vs. Spartak Moscow

Real Betis (German Pezzella, Guido Rodríguez) vs. Eintracht Frankfurt

The first and second leg will take place on March 10 and March 17, before the South American World Cup qualifiers.