Chelsea boss Tuchel hails his keepers: Don't forget Bettinelli | OneFootball

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel is delighted with the strength of his goalkeepers pool after Edouard Mendy's performance for victory at Brentford.

After his heroics on Saturday, Mendy has now made 25 saves in the league, almost half of the total he made in the entirety of 2020/21 (57).

For Tuchel, it is further proof of the excellent goalkeeping work that goes on at Cobham.

"When we arrived here, I found Kepa, Edou and Willy Caballero, and also Petr Cech was training with them," he told the club's website.

"Together with Hilario our goalkeeping coach, I found a fantastic group, a competitive group, a strong group of goalkeepers, goalkeeper coaches and Petr Cech, who helped each other through every single training session. That was very impressive from the first day.

"Now Petr is less in training, and we have Marcus Bettinelli, and it's again a strong group. You saw in the latest performances from Kepa what it does to these guys and how strong they are.

"I'm absolutely happy we have two international top goalkeepers, I'm happy with the role Marcus Bettinelli takes. Of course, credit goes to the club and to Petr Cech, who saw the possibilities and potential in these guys."