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Leeds manager Steve Evans was told not to speak to the media by owner Massimo Cellino after his side were handed a 4-0 thrashing by Brighton on Monday night. Assistant Paul Raynor was left to answer questions after what he termed a shambolic display in which Leeds conceded four times in the space of 20 minutes.Owner Cellino did not stay for the second half and subsequently told Evans to skip the post-match interview. Leeds assistant coach Paul Raynor said Leeds were shambolic in the first half Leeds are now 17th in the table, having won just one of their last 11 matches.Asked why Evans did not speak to the media following a fifth game without a victory, Raynor told Sky Sports: We know you are going to ask questions and we know you want answers.We are trying to give answers to the players on what we think of that first-half performance which was absolutely shambolic, not good enough, and certainly not good enough for Leeds United.We cant worry about the chairman. If I was him I would have gone as well to be fair, because he doesnt want to see his football club playing like that and I dont blame him for that. Tomer Hemed celebrates scoring Brightons first goal against Leeds The defeat was Leeds heaviest since Evans took charge in October and Raynor was frustrated by the display, despite an improved effort in the second-half.Our defending was atrocious and the manager is going to dissect it with the players, he added.We only had 15 minutes at half-time to try and put a shape together and to show a bit of pride and commitment and heart out there, and I felt we did that in the second half.But the first half was absolutely shambolic and it simply was not good enough. Chris Hughton joins Ian Holloway and Scott Minto to analyse Brightons 4-0 victory Some Leeds players took to social media after the game to apologise to fans for the sides first-half performance.Winger Mustapha Carayol tweeted: I want to apologise to the fans 2night that was totally unacceptable 1st half performance..Wish all the travelling fans a safe journey home! Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Brighton and Leeds His team-mate Toumani Diagouraga also apologised, saying Leeds players intend to bounce back when they welcome fellow strugglers Bolton to Elland Road on Saturday.He tweeted: That 1st half performance wasnt good enough sorry to everyone who travelled all the way down we be looking to put it right on Saturday. Also See: Brighton hit four past Leeds As it happened Hughton praises efficient Brighton Leeds United news Marvin Williams Jersey . 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Stanley, a fourth-year business administration student from Charlottetown, scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Dalhousie on Friday and tallied again in a 1-0 win over Saint Marys on Sunday. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Mondialiste was bred in Ireland and is trained in England, but from all appearances, he is most at home in North America. In his first trip overseas, he won the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile; in his second, he finished second to Tepin in the Breeders Cup Mile; and in his third, on Saturday at Arlington, he won a thrilling edition of the Arlington Million by a neck over the South American import Kasaqui.Kasaqui surged up the fence to nip the Irish 3-year-old Deauville for second, the top three all lapped on one another at the wire. It was three-quarters of a length back to Greengrassofyoming in fourth, and the entire 11-horse Million was separated by less than five lengths.But Mondialiste proved best of the tightly packed bunch, getting a flawless ride from Daniel Tudhope, whose second U.S. mount produced his first North American win, his third Group or Grade 1, and the most important victory of his career.Tudhope plunked Mondialiste in sixth, two wide outside Kasaqui, and never let the leaders, who set a slow tempo, get too far out of range. Tudhope and Mondialiste began moving up starting at the half-mile pole, getting into position on the far turn. Mondialiste came into the stretch with run, and when Tudhope truly called on him at the furlong grounds, Mondialiste gave it all, and all was just enough.It couldnt have worked out better, to be honest, Tudhope said. We went over the race so many times beforehand, but you just dont know how its going to go. We couldnt have asked for a better run.The Million is a Breeders Cup Win and Youre In race offering a fees-paid berth into the BC Turf, but that 1-1/2-mile race lies outside of Mondialistes scope, and Mondialiste is more likely to return for another crack in the BC Mile, according to trainer David OMeara, who is already widely respected at age 39 and has done fine work getting Mondialiste back into form this year.Owners Geoff and Sandra Turnbull purchased the Irish-bred 6-year-old son of Galileo out of Occunpandiste, by Kaldoun, before his 5-year-old campaign last year, but after hitting peak form at Woodbine and Keeneland, Mondialiste finished 12th in the Hong Kong Mile in December and was little better in his first two starts this year, when he was a distant seventh in the Prix dIspahan and 12th at Ascot.But OMeara never lost faith. He said the Hong Kong trip knocked out his horse, the race in France was especially salty and not really run to suit his horse, and that Mondialiste had never run worth a damn over the straight course at Ascot. And voila, Mondialiste popped right back into form, finishing a sstrong second to the high-class Time Test in the York Stakes on July 23 in England.ddddddddddddIt was a few days after that we took a look at the Million, said OMeara.Take the Stand made the front comfortably Saturday and galloped along on a clear lead, setting splits of 25.56 seconds, 49.74, and 1:14.14 on a course that was firm because heavy rain Friday just barely missed Arlington. Getting a perfect outside pressing trip was 7-2 favorite World Approval, with Deauville tracking the leaders from the No. 2 path. The field stacked up across the track at the top of the stretch, anybodys race, but there was Tudhope, tall by American jockey standards, raising his crop in a mighty swoop, Mondialiste poised for one final surge that carried him to victory. Mondialiste was timed in 2:01.87 and paid $10.80 to win.Take the Stand stopped badly and finished last, and World Approval, finally taking a step back after coming forward all year, faded to seventh. I have no excuse for him, said trainer Mark Casse. It just wasnt his day.Kasaqui, the Arlington Handicap winner, had a bit of a hard-luck tale. Jockey Robby Albarado thought he might have won had he been able to find room earlier, and Kasaqui did finish gamely up the fence, running the best race of his life. You cant expect more from our horse, said trainer Ignacio Correas. Hes all heart. Were very pleased and very proud of him.Just one 3-year-old has won the Million, and Deauville, with a poor post in 12, turned in a good performance to be third. Like all of trainer Mike Makers horses Saturday, Greengrassofyoming ran to the best of his ability, edging Danish Dyafmormer for fourth. The latter was followed by The Pizza Man, the races defending champion, who still has not found his best form this year.Hes just not himself right now, said jockey Mike Smith. Hes just going through the motions.Tryster, the 4-1 second choice who had been pointed to this spot for months by Godolphin, was reluctant to load, was hindered by the slow pace, and, after looming at the top of the stretch, fell back to eighth.Things just didnt really go his way before the race, and he kind of ran that way as well, said jockey William Buick. Down the back before the last turn, I got behind the winner, and he traveled well, and I thought when I pulled him out hed go ahead and do something, but the usual response wasnt there.Mondialiste, on the other hand, gave his usual response -- the response, at least, he has to North American racing. ' ' '