Leeds United news: Sky pundit claims Illan Meslier 'has to do better' following loss at Fulham

<p>Illan Meslier has been singled out following his performance in Leeds United's 2-1 loss to Fulham.</p>

<p>The French goalkeeper didn't deal with a cross from Willian which resulted in Leeds going 1-0 down.</p>

<p>Before the match started, the goalkeeper was the owner of a rather unfortunate statistic which stated that of the last ten shots on target, the keeper he had conceded each time.</p>

Sky pundit, Sue Smith, was watching the game and claimed that Meslier "had to do better."

<p>She said: "Meslier should do better with the cross but you can't take anything away from Wilson's strike."</p>

"Meslier has to do better. He's got to either collect it or to palm it away from danger."

<p>The goalkeeper was also&nbsp;at fault for Fulham's second goal.</p>

<p>Meslier parried the ball into the path of Andreas Pereira who calmly slotted the ball into the back of the net.</p>

Before the match, Pereira had only scored once in his last 16 Premier League outings.

<p>Smith added: "Leeds committed men forward and it was too easy for Fulham to break.</p>

<p>"Pereira starts it off centrally driving, plays the ball out to the left-hand side to Robinson. He gets a delivery into the box.</p>

"He's got to either collect it or to palm it away from danger. He just palms it straight into Pereira, who'd continued his run and it's a tap-in for him."

<p>Leeds' luck can't only be whittled down to the bad form of Meslier, however, as their defence has been shocking this season.&nbsp;</p>

Despite signing Maximilian Wober and Rasmus Kristiensen this season, Leeds' defence is still the weakest area of their squad.

Injuries must also be taken into account as star centre-back, Robin Koch, has only just returned from a long-term injury.

<p>Today's result&nbsp;leaves the team 16th in the table, just one point clear of relegation.</p>

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