Former Swansea City defender Ashely Williams has raised questions over Illan Meslier's performance in Leeds United's defeat to Fulham at Craven Cottage. The Whites shotstopper has been out under the magnifying glass following a string of disappointing results, with the two goals conceded at Fulham making it 13 goals that've found the back of the net in just three games.
The results was Fulham's first league double over Leeds United since 1960 - a season which saw the Whites relegated. Javi Gracia and his side are now a point above the relegation zone having been dragged closer into the fight after Leicester City's win and Everton picking up a point.
It's been a disappointing couple of weeks for Leeds United supporters, who would have been forgiven for thinking their side had turned a corner following the wins over Wolves and Nottingham Forest. Meslier is just one of a number of players to have been singled out for his poor performances in that time.
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To be fair to the Whites goalkeeper, he produced a handful of good saves to keep his side in the game, but could have done better with his clearance for Harry Wilson's opener and then fumbled the ball for Andreas Pereira who gave Fulham their second.
Williams told Match of The Day: "I think it worked for the first-half but they're not really a team built to go and defend and keep a clean sheet for the whole game. As we see here with Robinson picks it up, one swivel of the hips and it breaks the whole press and he's straight through the middle of the Leeds team.
"We've highlighted Wilson at the back post, it's not for a lack of numbers because Leeds have got numbers in the box, the goalkeeper Meslier, could do a lot better than that. It's a great finish from Harry Wilson I'm not taking anything away from that.
"As we see this, I'm not sure if he can go with two hands, push it further, get a shout from his full-back and leave it but doing that [flapping with one hand] that didn't help at all. We see the clearance from Tosin [Adarabioyo], Pereira who was very good on the day, makes himself a nuisance and that one pass there [from Wilson to Pereira] has completely taken everyone from Leeds out of the game and they're wide open again.
"Roca is your centre-midfielder and we've highlighted him, he should now be tracking Pereira but he gets drawn to Willian. Again, there's seven players in the box, no one really doing their job and marking.
"The ball just drops at the feet of Pereira - Meslier maybe could do better and that's the easiest goal. For Leeds they just weren't solid enough for the whole of the 90 minutes, they did a lot better by not conceding as many but it's not enough."
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