Grayson's Leeds are 16th in the Championship

Leeds boss Simon Grayson believes his side are in a 'sticky patch' after two consecutive Championship defeats.

Leeds lost 4-0 at home to Cardiff on Monday night to condemn them to their third straight loss at Elland Road.

Grayson told BBC Radio Leeds: "We have to look at the whole team and see what we need to do to turn around this sticky patch."

"But we are not a million miles away from being a decent team as we proved at Middlesbrough three games ago."

The defeat to the Welsh side was the third time in this season Leeds have conceded four or more goals in a league match, following the 6-4 home loss to Preston and the 5-2 hammering at Barnsley.

"It's the first time since I've been here that we've conceded so many goals, especially at home.

"So we need to look at that and sort it out. We are still making too many mistakes and need to cut that out.

"We are going through a tough time, but we have to stick together, keep working hard and I know we can go to Scunthorpe and win.

"The players are learning all the time in the Championship and it's a very tough division.

"We know there is stuff to work on and we'll do that. But we knew it would be tough getting used to this level.

"We are doing OK at this time, but still need to keep improving and learning and we'll do that."

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