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So everybody’s chatting about how Chelsea strikers ain’t scoring, right? Makes me wanna look at the other end – what about the guy standing between the posts? Honestly, it’s been chaotic back there with Kepa leaving and Sanchez coming in. Felt like digging into the numbers myself, see what they actually tell us.
Starting Simple: The Obvious Stuff
First, just opened up the Premier League stats site. Wanted the basic keeper stuff:
- Clean Sheets: How many times did they keep a clean slate?
- Saves Made: How many shots are they actually stopping?
- Goals Conceded: Yeah, the ugly number.
Sanchez has been the main guy lately, so my eyes went straight to him. He’s got some clean sheets, which is decent. But then you see the goals conceded number… oof, it’s high. Makes you wonder, is he saving enough, or is the defense just hung out to dry?
Getting Deeper: The Save Percentage Mess
Okay, clean sheets depend on the whole team. So I needed to see his own stopping power. That’s where the save percentage comes in. Found that on the stats site too. Sanchez’s percentage? Let’s just say it wasn’t making me jump for joy. Felt average, maybe even below compared to some other keepers near the top of the table. Like, he’s not pulling off miracles week in, week out. But is that fair? Gotta look at what he’s facing.
Digging Into the Saves Themselves
Stats are one thing, feels like cheating if you don’t watch. So spent a lazy afternoon hunting down highlight reels and extended save compilations on streaming sites (you know the ones!). Focused on Sanchez’s key moments:
- The Point-Blank Denials: Dude throws himself at stuff close range, gotta give him that. Makes himself big.
- The One-on-Ones: Sometimes he stands tall, other times… he just kinda guesses early and gets beat easily? Frustrating inconsistency.
- Those Long Shots: Seemed like he got caught flat-footed a few times, maybe needs quicker feet?
Conclusion? He’s capable of fantastic stops – world-class even. But then he’ll let one slip that makes you scratch your head. Very up and down.
The Unexpected Part: My Own Goalkeeping Disaster
Funny thing digging through all this. Started remembering my 5-a-side days years back. Thought I was Gianluigi Buffon. Convinced my mates (took weeks!) to let me try keeper for one match.
How’d it go? Total meltdown. First shot? Whiffed completely, tripped over my own feet trying to dive. Second shot? Punched it straight into my own player’s face (sorry, Dave!). Third shot? Just watched it sail past, frozen solid.
Got benched before halftime. Walked off looking at the ground. Suddenly felt so much more respect for the pressure these guys face every game. One mistake and everyone remembers it forever. Maybe Sanchez ain’t perfect, but man, that job is brutal. Chelsea’s keeper problems? It’s never just the keeper. Defense leaks, whole team wobbles, keeper looks worse. Numbers show it, watching shows it, my own embarrassing history screams it.
David