Did the Leeds United keeper make a mistake on Saturday? Tony Dorigo believes so.
Tony Dorigo has described Kiko Casilla’s error in Leeds United’s defeat at Charlton on Saturday as ‘inexplicable’.
Macauley Bonne’s first-half goal was enough to condemn Leeds to defeat at The Valley, but the former Leyton Orient star didn’t know too much about it.
Instead of catching Tom Lockyer’s weak volley, the United goalkeeper elected to parry the ball and it trickled over the line after rebounding off Bonne’s back.
From a defensive point of view, it was a horrendous goal for Marcelo Bielsa’s side to concede and they ultimately slipped to fourth in the Championship as a result of the mistake.
Casilla, who joined Leeds from Real Madrid in January, now has a few mistakes under his belt since arriving in English football, and former Whites star Dorigo is putting that down as another one.
Here’s what Dorigo wrote on his official website: “With bodies in and around the keeper, Casilla inexplicably decided to punch the ball rather than catch it. The resulting effort palmed against the striker Bonne, only to then rebound into the Leeds goal.
“In slight defence of Kiko, striker Bonne will have got into his eye line when attempting to get a touch to Lockyer’s effort. However, I still put this down as another error of decision making. “
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