Leeds goalkeeper Ivan Meslier breaks down in dressing room after Sunderland howler cost his team crucial win

DANIEL FARKE revealed Illan Meslier was successful tears aft his howler astatine Sunderland.

The Black Cats took an aboriginal pb done Chris Rigg but recovered themselves trailing successful stoppage clip aft strikes from Joel Piroe and Junior Firpo.

That looked to beryllium capable to instrumentality Farke’s broadside level connected points with Sunderland but that imaginable was thrown distant close astatine the death.

French goalkeeper Meslier fto a hopeful, deflected shot from Alan Browne into the container squirm done him to springiness the hosts a point.

And afterwards his manager admitted: “He is the saddest idiosyncratic successful the dressing room, he's much oregon little successful tears.”

Farke past claimed that skipper Pascal Struijk saw the shot bounce unnaturally successful beforehand of Meslier, which caused it to rotation past him.

However, the Leeds brag says helium was incapable to corroborate if determination was a rogue divot astatine responsibility oregon not.

He said: “After specified a situation, you don't request to talk astir it - no-one wants to perceive immoderate words.

“Pascal came implicit and said helium had ne'er seen thing similar this. He said it bounced and jumped successful the different absorption due to the fact that determination was a people connected the pitch.

“I can't archer you if that was the lawsuit due to the fact that I wasn't connected the pitch, but Pascal was astir apt successful the champion presumption to see. If it was this, it was unbelievably unlucky.”

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A triumph would person taken Leeds level connected points with Championship leaders Sunderland, but alternatively they stay 3 points down successful third, with Burnley successful second.

Browne's shot successful went down arsenic an Firpo ain goal, but the Republic of Ireland planetary said he's "almost embarrassed" to assertion it arsenic his own.

Sky Sports co-commentator Don Goodman described the howler arsenic "right up there" successful presumption of all-time errors.

Goodman added: "It's a gift, it's a present. You cant legislate for it. If you are Leeds, however connected world tin you legislate for thing similar this?"

Sunderland’s manager Regis Le Bris was a small much sympathetic to Meslier, who helium coached backmost successful their respective homelands astatine the Lorient academy.

He was spotted speaking to his compatriot connected the transportation astatine afloat clip and said afterwards: “I'm disappointed for him due to the fact that I similar this lad and anyone tin marque a mistake.

“For a goalkeeper, erstwhile you marque a mistake, the consequences are precise important. It happened and we are blessed for the last result.”