Enzo Maresca confirms Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez will start vs Arsenal, shares plan for the rest of the season

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Chelsea travel to the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon to face rivals Arsenal, and Robert Sanchez will be starting in goal for the visitors.

It’s been a busy week already for Chelsea, qualifying for the Conference League quarter-finals on Thursday night by beating Copenhagen at home in the second leg.

Next, the Blues finish before March’s international break with an important Premier League fixture on the road.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
1	LiverpoolLiverpool	29	21	7	1	69	27	42	70
2	ArsenalArsenal	28	15	10	3	52	24	28	55
3	Nottm ForestNottingham Forest	28	15	6	7	45	33	12	51
4	ChelseaChelsea	28	14	7	7	53	36	17	49

During Chelsea’s inconsistent run in 2025, the goalkeeper position has been a glaring issue because we’ve seen head coach Enzo Maresca frequently rotate the starter.

Chelsea could go big to sign a new goalkeeper, along with another centre-back and striker, when the summer transfer window comes around.

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Enzo Maresca confirms Robert Sanchez is Chelsea’s starting goalkeeper in the Premier League ahead of Arsenal

Maresca has confirmed that Robert Sanchez will start in goal against Arsenal after Filip Jorgensen played in midweek against Copenhagen.

Even though there has been a lot of rotation in recent weeks, the plan is for Sanchez to be the league starter for the rest of the season.

“It will be Robert playing against Arsenal,” Maresca said via The Evening Standard.

“Since we start, the idea was not to change goalkeeper – but sometimes you have to modify, you have to be flexible in your idea…

“I think Robert needed some days off or at least to rest his head mentally. And now he is back we are hopefully not going to change until the end [of the season], also because I said many times we are quite happy with both goalkeepers.”

John Obi Mikel isn’t Sanchez’s biggest fan because he doesn’t think Chelsea can ever win the Premier League with him starting.

Back in mid-February, Maresca named Jorgensen as Chelsea’s league keeper, but he’s changed his mind just a few weeks later.

Constant changes in Chelsea’s net

As you can see below, Chelsea boss Maresca has been a bit all over the place in the last couple of months with his starting goalkeeper.

In history, any successful team usually consists of a first-choice goalkeeper to trust every single game.

While Maresca’s publicly trying to back both shot-stoppers, it’s pretty obvious to us that he doesn’t trust either of them.

Regardless of how the 2024/25 season finishes, Chelsea simply must go out and find themselves an upgrade in the goalkeeper position before the next campaign.