“THE harder we work the luckier we will get.”

Those were the words of new boss Neil Redfearn as he sought to turn a corner with Leeds United in tomorrow’s home Championship clash with strugglers Blackpool.

Redfearn’s side led Charlton 2-1 in midweek thanks to two brilliant curlers from Alex Mowatt but Johann Berg Gudmundsson equalised for the second time on the night courtesy of a disputed penalty.

It means Leeds have now gone eight games without a win, six in Darko Milanic’s brief reign, and now two under Redfearn following last weekend’s loss to Cardiff. But the new manager wants that run to end imminently against the troubled Tangerines, who have only one win all season.

“The harder we work the luckier we will get,” Redfearn said, referring to the midweek misfortune when referee Graham Salisbury pointed to the spot.

“It’s time for a win but we have to keep going down these lines. We are a wounded animal at the minute but I won’t let them rest. I will make them better.”

Redfearn, who is settling into the role of permanent head coach after a previously successful caretaker spell, reckons his side outplayed Charlton and deserved to have ended their winless run already.

“It’s a performance gained - we were the better side by a straight,” he said. “They’re a good side but we were better and deserved to win.”

Of the penalty, which came after Giuseppe Bellusci tangled with Tal Ben Haim in the area, he added: “What I would say is this - referees have to be more consistent. There are thousands of decisions like that in the Football League every weekend. You can’t isolate one incident and give it, because it looks unfair.

“It looked like they were both at it. And that’s frustrating because we deserved to win. That’s taking nothing away from Charlton but we looked more like ourselves, more like in my first caretaker spell.”