Kepa Arrizabalaga says the League Cup semi-finals towards his former membership Chelsea shall be robust matches, however he insists Arsenal shall be prepared.
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Arsenal goalkeeper obtained his second within the highlight on Tuesday night time, saving a Crystal Palace penalty to ship the Gunners by means of to the following spherical of the League Cup.
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In doing so, Kepa arrange a fixture towards his outdated membership Chelsea, having left the west London membership to affix Arsenal for £5m in the summertime switch window.
It gained’t be the primary time Kepa has been a part of the squad towards his outdated workforce, having made the bench for the Premier League conflict in November. However he was an unused substitute on that event, and this time round he’s prone to begin each legs.
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Talking after the Crystal Palace win, Kepa regarded forward to these matches towards Chelsea.
“Proper now, if you would like a trophy, [and] that’s one thing that we would like, we now have to struggle towards good groups,” Kepa .
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“I believe each semi-finals are huge video games, it’s going to be robust however we are going to put together effectively the sport. We shall be prepared, and we’ll go for it!”
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Kepa has made a strong begin to life at Arsenal in his restricted appearances, retaining clear sheets towards Port Vale and Brighton earlier than his penalty-save heroics towards Crystal Palace.
The goalkeeper will doubtless have a warm-up recreation earlier than the Chelsea tie kicks off on January 14th, with Arsenal as a result of face Portsmouth within the FA Cup the earlier weekend on January eleventh.
Assuming Kepa continues to take all of the cup matches while has the Premier League and Champions League video games, the previous Chelsea goalkeeper would be the one between the posts for these two cup fixtures within the area of 4 days.
The second leg of the League Cup semi-final will then happen on February third on the Emirates Stadium.