Azpilicueta weighs in on Kepa-Mendy situation

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Chelsea skipper Cesar Azpilicueta has revealed he’s happy that Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has found form again.

Kepa has ousted Edouard Mendy as Chelsea’s number one goalkeeper, and the Spaniard is doing well in goal.

Azpilicueta has hailed Kepa’s mentality to be able to bounce back, as he also admitted that Chelsea have really good goalkeepers who are pushing themselves.

“I am really happy for him,” Cesar Azpilicueta told the Evening Standard about Kepa Arrizabalaga’s resurgence at Chelsea.

“Of course, he has had tough moments but the strength from him is to always stay positive, to train hard every day and we know as a player you want to play all the time but the manager makes the decision.

“As a goalkeeper, it is a unique position where I cannot say [much about it] because they train on their own a lot of times. They spend a lot of time together so it is a very rare position with their own pressure. They are the last man in goal and every mistake is very watchable and a lot of people criticise them.

“I am very happy for him, it shows his mentality to be strong, keep working hard and wait for his chance. We have a fantastic group of goalkeepers with Edou [Mendy], Betts [Marcus Bettinelli] and that’s the joy of our team to have these guys every day.

“Whoever plays, everyone is 100 per cent and the day after everyone is trying to help. We are very lucky to have an amazing group of goalkeepers.”