Compared to last week, where his bad kick led to Arsenal’s goal and ultimately their comeback in a game we were leading comfortably, we thought Robert Sanchez had a pretty decent game yesterday.
He made a couple of brilliant saves, and was largely an observer for most of the game as Chelsea toiled up at the other end.
The second Brentford goal came after he had vacated his box to attack a last minute corner at the other end, but that’s not his fault – all of that came from his manager’s instructions.
So it was odd to hear manager Mauricio Pochettino defending Sanchez after the game, given we’re not sure he did anything wrong:
“If you want to be a goalkeeper here at Chelsea, a big club, you need to deal with [criticism]. We will help Robert Sanchez by giving him our confidence, trust, and working him hard every day,” the coach said in his interview on TNT Sport.
Perhaps this is all just thinking back to Arsenal, or perhaps there was another error in there we missed out on. Either way, it’s just another problem that needs sorting out in a very long list of them.