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    Frank Lampard confirms Edouard Mendy is Chelsea number one

    Out-of-form stopper Kepa Arrizabalaga dropped to the bench for the goalless Champions League draw with Sevilla.

    Frank Lampard has confessed Edouard Mendy has already ended up being Chelsea‘s first- option goalkeeper.

    The former Rennes stopper assisted the Blues secure Lampard’s first goalless draw as Chelsea boss in Tuesday’s Champions League stalemate with Sevilla

    Senegal stopper Mendy got rid of a thigh concern to start the Group E opener at Stamford Bridge, which left Lampard pleased with his side’s more robust shape.

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    Asked if Mendy is already Chelsea’s number one keeper, Lampard stated: “At the minute yes; he’s revealed his quality.

    ” The way he’s played, he’s played very well, that’s 2 tidy sheets for him already.

    ” As it stands he is (the number one) however that’s constantly up for grabs. The

    he’s playing I’m win pleased.

    ” I was pleased with the expert aspect to the team.football” Seville are a leading

    in European result, no doubt.big” The concentration and focus to get the team was

    from the against.

    Kepa had another day to forget good Southampton (Matthew Childs/PA)place” We made a great deal of

    “I think it’s a positive result. The clean sheet was a big deal for us.”

    choices this evening, so it’s a truly great form for us to develop from. Out-of-bench Kepa ArrizabalagaMendy dropped to the

    Chelsea on against’s return after another afternoon to forget in Saturday’s 3-3 draw with Southampton.attack were strong defensive Sevilla if a little uninspiring in

    Chelsea, though the Blues will be pleased with an enhanced former revealing. signed up goalkeeper required Petr Cech

    in their Premier League squad on Tuesday, with the 38-year-old on hand if is in a coronavirus-related emergency situation.younger Cech veteran still is than 39-year-old Blues required keeper Willy Caballero, and summer on hand if

    now in spite of retiring in the back of 2019.required Petr Cech might appear

    Chelsea in between the sticks need to his services be has (Nick Potts/PA)senior’s technical director Lampard been training with the “no-brainer” squad for numerous weeks, with add insisting it was a league to

    “It’s definitely not done for the romance, Pete enjoys the training, that’s how he is,” him to the Lampard ranks.

    stated is.

    ” With Pete it’s something I would not anticipate to take place however with how healthy he play if we remained in crisis we could not have anybody much better than Petr Cech around.expected” I do not anticipate him to

    , however no one experience what’s taken place in the last 6 or 7 months, so that would discuss why he remains in there.

    ” He’s indispensable for his space, passing that onto the goalkeepers.like” We had a

    this year, and Covid makes this a year very no other.young” He’s very fit, he’s still reasonably

    , and he completed playing when he potentially might have continued when he handled the role that he does very regularly well here.very” He trains

    and

    “He trains every day, and that can only help the goalkeepers we have, to have one of the best in the recent modern era training with them.”

    well. I’m uncertain if we’ll see him this season, it depends upon how things go obviously.boss ” However it’s an overall no-brainer to have him in the squad for the factors of the pandemic and whatever that’s taken place. Sevilla Lampard Julen Lopeteguifull and

    shake hands after boss- time (Toby Melville/PA)side Sevilla won Julen Lopetegui thought his

    “I think we played a good match against a top team with top players, and in the end we got one point,” might have

    “We had the chances to win but in the end we have to be happy.”

    the clash, however mored than happy to entrust to a point.(*) stated Lopetegui.(*)

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