Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga had to be at his best to keep his clean sheet intact against BATE Borisov last night.
The Blues secured a 1-0 win in Belarus but they needed the Spanish shot-stopper to make a few good saves, as well as some luck with BATE hitting the woodwork.
Fans on Twitter were quick to praise Kepa for his display yesterday evening:
FT: Bate 0-1 Chelsea
Summary;
• A very boring and frustrating game
• Kepa is world class
• Giroud finally scored
• Hudson Odoi getting 5+ mins shows he's not trusted yet
• Emerson is damn good & need more minutes
• Kovacic is important17th game unbeaten? #Sarriball #CFC
— MS? (@SarrifutbolCFC) 8 November 2018
We signed ample amount of luck along with kepa ????✌ #BATECHE #UEL #CFC Unbeaten Sarriball effect.
— Rohit Ghaisas ?? (@GhaisasRohit) 8 November 2018
WHAT A SAVE FROM #KEPA AT THE END!!! #UEL #CFC #BATECHE
— Nexho_11 (@Nexho__11) 8 November 2018
Kepa unreal… ?♥️ @ChelseaFC @CFCFoundation #BATEvCFC #BATEvCFC #BATECHE #CFC #Chelsea
— Naeem Mehta (@naeemmehta982) 8 November 2018
Kepa is a baller…. His passes are ?#CFC
— Akinseye Akangbe (@source08) 8 November 2018
What a save from my #Kepa! ?#CFC #UEL #BATEvCFC #Chelsea
— Sharan Chablani (@MyFussbllTweets) 8 November 2018
Kepa Arrizabalaga clean sheet number eight of the season ⛔ (fifteen appearances for Chelsea so far) #CFC ?
— CarefreeYouth (@CarefreeYouth) 8 November 2018
Post match thoughts: Kepa, Kepa, and Kepa. That's all. #cfc
— Rob D (@bigrobdd) 8 November 2018
It certainly wasn’t the best performance of Maurizio Sarri’s brief reign in charge, but it was good enough to secure qualification for the Europa League knockout rounds.
The Chelsea manager was able to rest some players but also give Eden Hazard a runout on his return from a back injury.
The Belgian playmaker wasn’t his usual self and was substituted on the hour mark, but Sarri will be glad that he managed to give the midfielder some game time ahead of the Everton match on Sunday afternoon.
