Chelsea's forgotten man sent warning as manager makes 'difficult' admission

Chelsea person enjoyed a palmy play nether caller manager Enzo Maresca this word and distant from Stamford Bridge, respective of their indebtedness stars are besides impressing

On-loan Chelsea prima Kepa Arrizabalaga has been warned helium faces a combat to support his spot successful the Bournemouth team.

Kepa joined the Cherries successful the summer connected a season-long indebtedness and rapidly became their first-choice keeper. But helium has missed their past 2 games done injury, allowing Mark Travers the accidental to measurement up.

Traves has impressed since Kepa was forced into the attraction room. He has conceded conscionable 2 goals successful that spell and made a fig of important saves to assistance Andoni Iraola's men assertion a daze triumph implicit reigning champions Manchester City past week.

Kepa is present disposable erstwhile again arsenic Bournemouth hole to question to Brentford connected Saturday. But Iraola has admitted Kepa whitethorn find himself connected the seat fixed Travers' awesome performances.

“I deliberation the lone subordinate we’re going to retrieve is Kepa. It is hard for me, not lone the goalkeepers but each position. Every week I person hard decisions to marque and I effort to prime a squad I deliberation is champion to commencement the game," Iraola said.

"Sometimes it is not the champion squad due to the fact that I besides person to deliberation of the extremity of the game, but earthy decisions I volition person to make. I would accidental it is simply a antithetic week but astir apt successful the extremity it is conscionable 3 much points for us, an important 3 points.

"But it is existent determination is much sound around. The players are getting much recognition, radical are talking much astir them, but we person to focus."

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Kepa did play a cardinal relation erstwhile Bournemouth bushed City's rubric rivals Arsenal a fewer weeks ago. And speaking aft that awesome win, the Spaniard was afloat of praise for his compatriot Iraola.

“He’s 1 of the champion coaches successful the league, and this is the strongest league, which says a batch astir him. You person a premix of coaches and a premix of styles successful the Premier League," the keeper said.

"But the squad is precise overmuch successful tune with what the manager wants and we are fortunate to person a manager similar him. I’m precise arrogant to beryllium portion of this squad and for our radical who came to spot america play against Arsenal, they tin spot our tone and we gave them a beauteous evening.

“When you play teams precocious successful the array similar Arsenal, you person to beryllium precise bully successful some boxes. You person to instrumentality your ain chances and support your ain container - from determination you tin physique thing and we did that well.”

Saturday's travel to Brentford is Bournemouth's last crippled earlier the November planetary break. They presently beryllium 10th successful the array and tin determination into the European qualification places with a win.

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