Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson hailed Kepa Arrizabalaga’s performance against Aston Villa last weekend as one of the “best goalkeeping performances” he had “ever seen”.

While that might be a slight exaggeration, it does demonstrate that Chelsea’s current number one has transformed perceptions about him since returning to the starting lineup.

Many had written off Kepa as an expensive mistake after he was replaced by Edouard Mendy, but the Spaniard has shown great determination to get his position back in the side, taking full advantage of the injury sustained by his teammate.

Press the next page as we go through some stats that show the improvements that the goalkeeper has made to his game.