Chelsea took the lead in the 9th round of the EPL this weekend, with the Blues going 2-0 away to Newcastle, with the team's new goalkeeper completing a shutout. The relevant statistics after the game show that Mendy joined Chelsea after 9 appearances for the team, completed 7 shutouts, up to now he guarded the goal only lost 2 goals, which is indeed extremely solid play, the Blues within the army of the other goalkeeper Kepa is comparable to the timid.
The games in which Mendy conceded were Chelsea's 4-1 win over Sheffield United and a 1-1 draw between the two teams in regular time in the League Cup against Tottenham Hotspur. Mendy, who is Senegal's No. 1 goalkeeper, only joined Chelsea from Rennes this season but was not expected to have such a stunning performance.
Chelsea's previous first goalkeeper is the Spaniard Kepa, the Blues was to 80 million euros of high price to include the goalkeeper, the amount of money and even a record transfer fee for goalkeepers, but regrettably Kepa's performance is getting worse and worse, so the team conceded a number of soaring, which incorporates the new goalkeeper. Kepa is last season to join Chelsea, after Kepa played in 39 games only 9 shutouts, which and Mendy is a big gap.
Mendy only conceded 19 goals in 24 games for Rennes in Ligue 1 last season, and the Blues brought him in for a transfer fee of just £21.6 million, which is great value indeed. Mendy has now played 1 EFL Cup, 3 Premier League and 3 Champions League matches for Chelsea, and in these 7 matches, 6 of the Premier League and 6 of the Champions League matches were all shutouts against Crystal Palace, Manchester United and Burnley, and in the Champions League it was Sevilla, Krasnodar and Rennes. Mendy's last 5 consecutive zeroes also set a record, as it was Chelsea's first in a decade.
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