Graham Potter insists Chelsea star is ‘world class’ after criticism from pundits

Former Chelsea caput manager Graham Potter insists that Blues prima Robert Sanchez is ‘world class’, contempt the goalkeeper facing disapproval this season.

Sanchez has operated arsenic the No.1 ‘keeper nether Enzo Maresca, contempt the westbound Londoners spending £20.7m connected Filip Jorgensen successful the summertime transportation window.

Ex-Chelsea prima John Obi Mikel, present a shot pundit, warned past week that Sanchez could forestall his aged nine from winning the Premier League title.

Potter, though, sees things precise otherwise and hailed his erstwhile subordinate aft helium made a bid of captious saves successful the 1-1 gully with Nottingham Forest connected Sunday.

‘His high-end actions are world-class,’ Potter told the BBC. ‘He has got the power, the size, the agility, the speed, helium conscionable makes the extremity look really, truly small.

‘He plucks things retired of the aerial conscionable effortlessly. So that doesn’t astonishment me. He is inactive a young goalkeeper, truthful he’s inactive moving connected being accordant with however helium did, but his high-end worldly is satellite class.

‘I deliberation it’s astir simplifying it sometimes with him. I deliberation the operation that Enzo has enactment successful volition assistance him arsenic well.

‘But helium has got a scope of pass, helium tin spell long, helium tin endanger the backline from the goalkeeper, that’s a existent plus to person due to the fact that arsenic soon arsenic you bash that, it changes the antiaircraft operation for the hostile due to the fact that present they are reasoning that feline is going to wide the backline.

‘He has got each the tools to beryllium an implicit apical keeper.’

Obi Mikel, meanwhile, speaking aft Chelsea’s 4-2 triumph implicit Brighton connected September 28, said: ‘[Sanchez] had a nightmare successful the archetypal half, helium was astatine responsibility for the archetypal 2 goals truthful for me, that’s a concern.

‘Of course, the 2 games earlier that helium performed very, precise good but you privation to beryllium a title-winning team, you request a top, apical goalkeeper.

‘Let’s not kid ourselves, we don’t person that. No disrespect to Robert Sanchez, he’s a fantastic goalkeeper but we request a top, apical goalkeeper to compete.’

Obi Mikel continued: ‘If helium wants to go a apical goalkeeper, helium needs to commencement putting successful those performances.

‘We cognize he’s not precise bully with his feet, that’s not a occupation but we request a goalkeeper that’s assured successful the goal, tin marque saves but I watched the crippled [against Brighton] and helium was astatine responsibility for some goals.’

Sanchez was besides criticised by pundits for his show successful the 2-0 decision to Manchester City successful August.

‘Sanchez got himself successful a small spot of a pickle with his feet,’ erstwhile City goalkeeper Joe Hart said. ‘I deliberation helium got a small spot mislaid successful the goal.

‘It’s conscionable the timing connected the manus – I deliberation helium volition consciousness that helium could person done better.’

Gary Neville, meanwhile, added: ‘I ever fearfulness erstwhile a caller subordinate is signed – and Jorgensen has travel successful – due to the fact that the existent subordinate is astir apt looking implicit his enarthrosis a bit.

‘[Sanchez] is astir apt disquieted to decease and possibly we saw that [against Man City] due to the fact that helium did look a small nervy.

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