Alfie Mawson has slammed his own Fulham defence as "embarrassing" and "diabolical".

The Cottagers are currently bottom of the Premier League following four years in the Championship and have conceded a league high 42 goals.

He told Sky Sports News: "It goes without saying - to concede in general is horrible, but to concede the amount we have conceded is diabolical, to be honest. It's embarrassing.

"I speak for myself and the back four. The 'keepers, to be fair, have made plenty of saves this year.

"[It's] down to us either being a bit naive in this league and not knowing what we're up against, and sometimes just the pure quality of this league.

"We've got to change something. We've got to take the negatives on board, but we've also got to take the positives.

"When we do get the clean sheet - which is going to come - then we can build on that."