Kepa Arrizabalaga: I’ll be ready to replace Edouard Mendy in January

Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy is likely to be away at the Africa Cup of Nations in January

Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga helped them win another penalty shoot-out in the Carabao Cup. Picture: Nick Potts

Kepa Arrizabalaga has insisted he “will be ready” for Chelsea in January when Edouard Mendy is likely to be away at the Africa Cup of Nations following more shoot-out heroics on Tuesday.

The Spaniard got the faintest of touches to save Theo Walcott’s penalty while Will Smallbone blazed over for Southampton to give the Blues a 4-3 spot-kick victory in the Carabao Cup last-16 tie.