Leeds United fans fume at what Illan Meslier did after conceding ‘worst goal in history’

James GoldmanPublished Oct 5, 2024, 8:03am|Updated Oct 5, 2024, 8:04am

Leeds United fans couldn’t fell their disgust aft goalkeeper Illan Meslier was seen embracing Sunderland’s manager conscionable moments aft his ghastly mistake saw his broadside driblet 2 points past night.

A costly mistake from Meslier talented the Black Cats an equaliser successful the dying seconds of stoppage clip arsenic Alan Browne’s attempted transverse brushed disconnected Junior Firpo’s caput and the shot bounced past the goalkeeper arsenic helium tried to cod it.

The shot past rolled into the nett to manus Sunderland a invaluable constituent and aft the match, Leeds brag Farke insisted helium had ne'er seen the similar it successful his career.

‘I’ve worked for 30 years successful nonrecreational football, I’ve won and mislaid galore points successful the past seconds – fortunate and unlucky – but to beryllium honorable thing similar this I’ve not experienced successful 30 years of nonrecreational football,’ Farke said.

‘To suffer those points successful this mode is heartbreaking, is horrendous, is truthful bittersweet and disappointing for our lads.

‘I consciousness for my lads due to the fact that to this infinitesimal they’ve done much oregon little everything close aft specified a hard time.

‘To suffer 2 points successful the past infinitesimal of the crippled successful this mode is heart-breaking and pugnacious to take, it feels similar a spot similar a loss. Before the crippled I would person said distant to Sunderland is simply a bully result.’

To compound their frustrations, the humor unit of Leeds fans reached boiling constituent erstwhile their No.1 was seen successful little speech with Sunderland brag Regis Le Bris.

The brace had worked unneurotic astatine Lorient earlier successful their careers, but supporters felt it was inappropriate for Meslier to beryllium seen successful evident precocious spirits truthful soon aft committing specified an horrendous error.

‘Unforgivable,’ said connected fan, bluntly. ‘Get him gone.

Another instrumentality said: ‘He won’t play for Leeds again. Not the archetypal clip he’s made a howler of this magnitude (or adjacent this magnitude arsenic this 1 was horrendous) he’ll beryllium astatine Sunderland earlier we cognize it!’

Meanwhile, a Sheffield United instrumentality spotted the incidental and remarked: ‘I noticed that. It’s not going to spell down good with Leeds fans. A batch volition beryllium aggravated and spot this arsenic a slap successful the face.’

In an entertaining clash astatine the Stadium of Light, Sunderland took the pb done teen Chris Rigg earlier Joel Piroe levelled with a header.

The visitors took vantage soon aft the interruption done Firpo’s debased strike, which looked to person sealed triumph until Meslier’s precocious error.

‘I’m truthful arrogant of however we reacted today, however we played, however we dominated this crippled successful large parts and however stone coagulated we were successful the 2nd half,’ added Farke.

‘So for that, it feels disappointing but I conscionable person compliments for my lads.

‘I deliberation they were excellent. I’m beauteous arrogant of what they person delivered and close present they don’t request maine to impeach oregon to talk astir the past moments, they conscionable request an limb astir their enarthrosis due to the fact that for them it’s besides heart-breaking.”

Farke added that nary contiguous mentation astir what happened is indispensable from Meslier.

He said: ‘In this infinitesimal you don’t person to speech to Illan, he’s the astir saddest subordinate successful the dressing room.

‘We’ve fixed him a hug and volition permission him alone, helium doesn’t person to explicate today.’

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