Kepa Arrizabalaga

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

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 3,390]

 

[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 30,090]

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 9,534]

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 11,692]

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 6,372]

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 1,233]

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 3,595]

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 8,883]

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 5,375]

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

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

3 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

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. 

 

Kepa's penalty shootout record at Chelsea:
vs Liverpool - lost (final)
vs Liverpool - lost (final)
vs Man City - lost (final)

vs Aston Villa - won (R3)
vs Southampton - won (R4)
vs Eintracht Frankfurt - won (SF)
vs Spurs - won (SF)
vs Villareal - won (final)

[Mário César 1,233]

against city he stop 2 penaltys in 5. is not a bad stat 

yesterday was very bad sadly... can't stop eleven penaltys 

[Vegetable 830]

So… How is Kepa doing in training?

I think we are in situation, when Mendy could use a little break and Kepa could use a little play. Is Tuchel reluctant to rotate just now, or he is in poor form?