Enzo Maresca has shared what Robert Sanchez did in the Chelsea dressing room last weekend.
Sanchez would have been extremely anxious heading back to the lockers at Old Trafford after costing his team in their latest Premier League outing.
It took just five minutes for the goalkeeper to be sent off after he took out Manchester United forward Bryan Mbeumo and denied him a goalscoring opportunity.
Sanchez will now miss Lincoln City versus Chelsea as he serves a one-match suspension.
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Robert Sanchez apologised in front of Chelsea dressing room
A lot went wrong before Sanchez’s sending off, with Tony Cascarino not impressed with Moises Caicedo’s tracking.
However, Sanchez took full responsibility for his red card and apologised for it in the Chelsea changing room, according to Maresca.
“Rob for a long time has been very good,” the Chelsea boss was quoted as saying by Chelsea’s official club website. “Unfortunately, he made a mistake the other day and he recognised it.
“I know he made a post on Instagram in public, but he also did so after the game in the changing room. He recognised it was a mistake. He is an intelligent person, and he recognised that.”
While you expect his teammates to quickly move on, some Blues supporters are likely to be less forgiving.
It is not the first time that the 27-year-old has made a costly error between the sticks. At this stage, the Club World Cup winners now need to consider signing a new shot-stopper.
AC Milan star Mike Maignan is someone Chelsea should be targeting after trying to sign him in the summer.
Joe Hart’s main concern with Robert Sanchez
Former Manchester City and England star Joe Hart is someone who knows a lot about goalkeeping, and he has dropped his verdict on Sanchez.
His biggest issue with the Spaniard is consistency, believing that he cannot be solid for a full season.
As Hart discussed Sanchez following his sending off at Old Trafford, he said: “You’re not a striker. You can’t just score a goal and then be horrendous for the rest of the game, and no one really cares about it.
“That will never go away from him. That will just never go until he can have a rock-solid season, and Robert Sanchez just doesn’t look like he’s capable of that at the moment.”
Chelsea’s next Premier League game is against Brighton & Hove Albion, and it will be interesting to see who starts that. If Filip Jorgensen does not put a foot wrong against Lincoln, perhaps Maresca will give him a real chance between the sticks. After Sanchez’s latest error, Chelsea fans will not be against it.
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