A lot of Leeds United fans have reacted to footage from the Sheffield Wednesday match, which shows how Kiko Casilla should have dealt with Jacob Murphy’s shot that led to the opening goal in the Whites’ 2-0 defeat to the Owls.
Murphy was played through by Atdhe Nuhiu, and from a tight angle, the man on loan from Newcastle United lashed a shot past Casilla at his near post.
Who was more at fault for the first goal Leeds conceded?
Casilla
Cooper
Alioski
This has led to many Whites supporters calling for Illan Meslier to play in goal instead of the former Real Madrid man.
https://twitter.com/AztecLUFC/status/1216039592345796609
After the arsenal game meslier deserved to keep his place,others who do less get in far too easily.
— Philip Rhodes (@sherby40) January 11, 2020
We need @MeslierIllan in goal. Showed us just how good he was on his debut game against Arsenal.
— ?? T??YL??R ?? (@LeedSTUnited) January 11, 2020
Not done himself any favours there with meslier hot on his heels
— Iain Newton ?? (@iainlufc7) January 11, 2020
Cost us v Derby in the play offs last year and now gradually killing our season. An absolute liability is Kiko. Meslier in now!
— Craig Hartgen (@hartgen) January 11, 2020
Meisler should be playing cassiles is guff
— Gordon urquhart (@gogsleeds22) January 11, 2020
That is disgraceful goalkeeping no excuse whatsoever
— Cuddy (@CudwSam) January 11, 2020
effing shambles should be dropped he cost ur promtion last year enoughs enough
— shoaib gora (@GoraShoaib) January 11, 2020
God embarrassing that
— Ollie Flack (@FlackOllie) January 11, 2020
It looks like he have a striker in goal. Shocking
— Stephen Foster (@stephenfoster81) January 11, 2020
What do we think?
This was a poor goal for Leeds to concede, and it was not just Casilla who was at fault.
First, Stuart Dallas gave the ball away in a dangerous position. This forced Cooper to make a decision, does he drop back to cover the run of Murphy or does he push out to meet the ball?
In the end, he did neither and got caught in no man’s land.
Ezgjan Alioski, who was supposed to be marking Murphy, was ball watching and by the time he realised Murphy was in.
The winger took a touch that forced him wide, and so he fired an effort at goal that went between Casilla and the near post.
The Spaniard should have done better, but so should several of his teammates.