Chelsea manager Graham Potter has confirmed that Kepa Arrizabalaga will not be able to play This Sunday’s London derby against Arsenal is due to his foot injury and he will not be back in action with the ‘blue’ team before the 2022 Qatar World Cup. So, against the ‘gunners’ it will be Edouard Mendy who will defend Chelsea’s goal.
With Potter, Kepa regained possession at the Stamford Bridge outfit and was in stellar form when he was injured in the match against Brighton and Mendy came on for him.
It was the 30th minute of the Brighton-Chelsea game when the former Athletic goalkeeper felt some discomfort when he stepped out of his area to deny a long ball from Robert Sánchez, Brighton goalkeeper. Kepa managed to fight on the pitch until the break, as he was unable to come out to play in the second half, when he was replaced by .
There is no doubt that Kepa will be unlucky in the countdown to the World Cup, which starts on November 20 and ends on December 18. The three goalkeepers that Luis Enrique, the Spain coach, usually has are Unai Simón (Athletic), Robert Sánchez (Brighton) and David Raya (Brentford)but at the time Chelsea’s Basque goalkeeper was thought to be on a pre-list for Qatar 2022.
Before the World Cup Chelsea must face, in addition to Sunday’s classic against Arsenalnone other than the Carabao Cup match, the English League Cup, on Wednesday at Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, and on Saturday in the Premier at Newcastle.
Source: La Verdad
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