Kepa Arrizabalaga

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

Saved us in:

Super Cup 

Carabao Cup 

FA Cup 

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

Kepinho 

will need him when we inevitably get to  pens at the cwc so it’s good he got his confidence up 

[milka 3,344]

• The most penalty shootout saves in Chelsea history.

• Key penalty saves in four cup competitions, including a final.

• 10 overall penalties saved for Chelsea.

It doesn't look like an expensive flop 🙃

[Tomo 21,733]

14 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

Kepinho 

will need him when we inevitably get to  pens at the cwc so it’s good he got his confidence up 

The cup final is really a catch 22.

Any other opponent (even City) I'll say play him because he's earned it, but if there's one team that really take advantage of his long shot weakness (the one part of his game Tuchel hasn't managed to erase) it's Liverpool.

[Vesper 28,768]

6 hours ago, Tomo said:

The cup final is really a catch 22.

Any other opponent (even City) I'll say play him because he's earned it, but if there's one team that really take advantage of his long shot weakness (the one part of his game Tuchel hasn't managed to erase) it's Liverpool.

nothing Tuchel can do about weirdly short arms, lol

put Kepa on the rack maybe, lol

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

I dont remember this ever happened? 

Kepa 13 games this season 8 MOTM. And in other 5 he was also among 2 or 3 best players.

Ofc if minutes played are not so low he would be POTY easily.

Kepa this season can only be compered to best Messi, Ronaldo, Pele and Maradona seasons 😌

Never seen such a dominance...

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

Thought at the very least he'd save Konate's or Elliot's. 

Yes he was shocking (considering his standards) but the weight of blame on our wasted chances outweigh his performance in the shootout. 

[milka 3,344]

 

[Blues11 213]

9 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Thought at the very least he'd save Konate's or Elliot's. 

Yes he was shocking (considering his standards) but the weight of blame on our wasted chances outweigh his performance in the shootout. 

Konate's shot should have been saved for sure. He wasn't composed tonight and jumped way to early against a CB. 

[Vesper 28,768]

5 minutes ago, Blues11 said:

Konate's shot should have been saved for sure. He wasn't composed tonight and jumped way to early against a CB. 

that assumes that Mendy would have went to same way as Kepa did

[Jase 43,479]

The football gods love a narrative. 

[Laylabelle 9,351]

Sometimes it works...sometimes it doesn't. Who knows for next time.

Maybe League Cup ones aren't his thing. Lost the last one...and the headline for that was his refusal.

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

honestly would take super cup and club world cup over league cup anyday even if they are easier to win in isolation. Just annoying that we AGAIN took out spuds in those damned two legged semis only to lose on fkin pens.

Not happy with his approach to the pen. you could clearly see he was not waremd up to take a pen and took it like a goal kick.

But tbf it was not kepa's fault only. we should have easily won in regular time with the gazillions of chances we had.

[Superblue 6,370]

3 hours ago, milka said:

 

Exactly this. You're damned if you do, damned if you don't and for Tuchel, having done that once before to success he would have been questioned if he didn't do it and we lost.

[Mário César 975]

Tuchel make the right decision

its sad that is in eleven penaltys he can't make at least one save but there are things that coaches can't control

[robsblubot 3,502]

46 minutes ago, Mário César said:

Tuchel make the right decision

its sad that is in eleven penaltys he can't make at least one save but there are things that coaches can't control

I wouldn't touch any player having a "monster" game. Mendy's confidence was sky high and that would likely more then make up for his lack of pk quality.

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

Worked in the Super Cup. Didn't today.

Cant blame the boy really, or even blame Tuchel, this was potentially going to happen at some point… just the way the cookie crumbles with penalties.

To lose on the 22nd penalty, its pretty unlucky. 

Edited February 28, 2022 by OneMoSalah

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

To be overly critical, hardly any of his PK saves in shootouts were really 'high pressure scenarios". 

 Villareal, Eintracht Frankfurt, and Spurs come to mind only. The only one that can really be considered high pressure was the League Cup against City and he failed there too. 

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by MoroccanBlue