Fans on social media have heavily slammed Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga for his performance in Saturday's defeat to Manchester City. The Blues' shot-stopper conceded twice in a space of eight minutes as the Citizens completed a comeback win at the Etihad.
The first was scored by Kevin De Bruyne in the 29th minute when his goal-bound effort deflected off the foot of Tomori, easily beating Kepa who was heading in the opposite direction. Seven minutes past the half-hour mark, Riyad Mahrez beat two Chelsea defenders in the Blues' penalty area and calmly slotted the ball into the bottom left corner. Prior to the two goals, N'Golo Kante had given the visitors the lead inside the 21st minute with an assist from Matteo Kovavic to mark his 150th appearance.
With Kepa falling short once more, his day was almost worsened by Raheem Sterling who almost secured a two-goal win margin for Pep's side. However, the Englishman's 94th minute strike was controversially ruled out for offside by the Video Assistant Referee.
Manchester City's win ended a six-game winning streak in the league for Chelsea and also denied the Londoners the opportunity to attain a club record of eight successive victories away from home in all competitions. To most fans, Kepa Arrizabalaga was to blame for the milestone not being achieved. Below are some of the reactions on Twitter:
Kepa has to be the worst goalkeeper of the top 6 clubs.
— RiZzy (@RiZzyUTD) November 23, 2019
Kepa is the most expensive GK in history, he drops weekly disasterclass but no one talks about him because he doesn't play for a proper Big Team. The English Media still eats Pogba raw even when he assists in a game because he was the most expensive player in 2016.
— King Nonny (@Zaddy_nomso) November 23, 2019
Kepa is the most expensive goalkeeper, ever. Why don't we talk about him the same way Van Dijk gets talked about for once being the most expensive defender?
— - (@AnfieldRd96) November 23, 2019
It's getting harder to keep defending Kepa every week after he constantly makes mistakes. He needs to fix up or we may have to be looking at a new goalkeeper to sign in the summer.
— FutbolChelsea (@FutbolCheIsea) November 23, 2019
Kepa is one of the biggest flops of all time
— #aheadofthecurve (@mediocentr0) November 23, 2019
They are in royal blue, not sky blue, Kepa!
— Alex Goldberg (@AlexGoldberg_) November 23, 2019
Ffs his distribution has been so nervy this season. Can't happen.
