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Karl Darlow gets the nod in goal for Leeds today but there is still no place for Illan Meslier in the matchday squad – he’s not been involved on the bench since November.
Leeds’ first-choice keeper, Lucas Perri, came under fire in midweek for his performance against Newcastle, particularly for his failure to keep out Harvey Barnes’s late winner. Daniel Farke didn’t exactly rush to Perri’s defence at full time:
I can’t lie, I can’t say how he was man of the match and there were unbelievable saves. Of course, you need also sometimes in a crucial moment a proper save from your goalkeeper. Of course, today it was definitely a situation where you should save the ball. I can’t lie and pretend any other, that it would be a different scenario because otherwise you wouldn’t believe me any more. I name it how I see it and at this moment, certainly I can’t protect him from the criticism that he should have saved it.
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© Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters

© Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters


