"I am really happy for him," Cesar Azpilicueta told the Evening Standard about Kepa Arrizabalaga's resurgence at Chelsea.
"Of course, he has had tough moments but the strength from him is to always stay positive, to train hard every day and we know as a player you want to play all the time but the manager makes the decision.
"As a goalkeeper, it is a unique position where I cannot say [much about it] because they train on their own a lot of times. They spend a lot of time together so it is a very rare position with their own pressure. They are the last man in goal and every mistake is very watchable and a lot of people criticise them.
"I am very happy for him, it shows his mentality to be strong, keep working hard and wait for his chance. We have a fantastic group of goalkeepers with Edou [Mendy], Betts [Marcus Bettinelli] and that’s the joy of our team to have these guys every day.
"Whoever plays, everyone is 100 per cent and the day after everyone is trying to help. We are very lucky to have an amazing group of goalkeepers."
Kepa has been reinstated as the No.1 at Stamford Bridge under Graham Potter and has justified the new manager's trust. The Spaniard has only conceded three goals in eight matches under Potter and kept five clean sheets in a row.
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