Hull City grabbed an unlikely point against Leeds United as Daniel Farke’s side dropped points for the second successive game drawing 3-3 to Hull City.
Leeds United were gearing up for an away encounter against Hull City with glee as the Tigers had only won two games from their last ten and are firmly in a relegation scrap.
Daniel Farke made two changes against Ruben Selles’ men with Sam Byram who was deemed okay after illness by Farke being replaced by Max Wober.
Ethan Ampadu was the other change returning to the starting lineup with Pascal Struijk sustaining an ankle injury but was very close to being fit.
The Whites got off to an awful start five minutes in as Abu Kamara opened the scoring for the Tigers, and a trend followed throughout the game regarding a certain Leeds United player.
Leeds United fans can’t believe Illan Meslier ‘disaster’ against Hull City
Illan Meslier had an afternoon to forget at the KCM Stadium as the Leeds goalkeeper cost the Whites on all three Hull City goals.
With Kamara opening the scoring and grabbing his first goal of the season, there were many elements to dissect from a Leeds defensive point of view.
Mason Burstow played an easy long through ball for Kamara as Max Wober was left unaware that the winger slipped past, leaving Meslier in no man’s land on the edge of the area for Kamara to chip home.
Adding onto this error, Meslier had a shocker for Joao Pedro’s 81st minute tap-in after failing to catch a looping header.
The misery continued for the Frenchman after flapping at a punch for Kamara to grab his second goal of the season in the 90th minute with Meslier having a horror show.
Many were left baffled at Meslier’s performance which led to uproar from the Leeds fanbase on X (formerly known as Twitter) as question marks have again risen about the 24-year-old’s future.
One fan wrote: “Meslier. massive hint of offside but what is he doing that far out.”
“Meslier is the reason we won’t get promoted cost us way too many points” another fan added.
Many have pointed part of the blame at Daniel Farke who claimed Meslier is a ‘key’ player.
One Leeds fan said: “I once again repeat that this manager is the one continuing to back Meslier and calls him “the best in the league”
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There has been a plethora of Leeds fans questioning Meslier ever since he cost Leeds the game with a howler against Sunderland in October.
It’s not a good look for the Frenchman whose statistics against Hull City didn’t exactly change the bizarre performance he had against the Tigers.
| Illan Meslier’s statistics against Hull City | |
| FotMob rating | 5.1 |
| Goals conceded | 3 |
| Errors led to goal | 1 |
| xGOT faced | 2.98 |
| Goals prevented | -0.02 |
Meslier is proving costly to Leeds’ season, his mistakes are becoming a regular occurrence and Farke could have a decision to make this January.
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