Thomas Tuchel demanded he is to be faulted for Chelsea's shoot-out rout to Liverpool - not Kepa Arrizabalaga.
The German-made a late replacement to welcome on reinforcement goalkeeper Kepa as the Carabao Cup Final moved toward punishments.
Edouard Mendy had been extraordinary north of 120 minutes, pulling off a large group of key recoveries to deny Liverpool.
Kepa was then welcomed on in light of his spot-kick skill however neglected to save a solitary one of Liverpool's 11 punishments prior to blasting his work over the bar to see Jurgen Klopp's side lift the prize. The choice to begin with Mendy had really been an astonishment after the Senegal guardian had not played in any gather driving together to the last. In any case, Tuchel demanded he remained by his call to welcome on Kepa, similarly as he had in the European Sup Cup Final toward the beginning of the period.
He said: "The players know and we did it previously. However, botches occur. I do botches. Edu did a serious mix-up and might have nearly been rebuffed with an unequivocal objective.
"To fault somebody, fault me. I settle on the choices and I don't take them to be the saint.
"We have reasons. I attempt to clarify the reasons. It was not the initial time and today it took 11 punishments to track down a champ. There are no second thoughts. To fault someone, fault me, it is no issue."
Chelsea's players promptly encompassed Kepa to support him after his miss.
Tuchel added: "It is unforgiving and we feel terrible for him, yet at the same no-fault. We took the choice as we did last time in a punishment shootout on the grounds that Kepa is preparing with the players consistently and they realize how great he is. He has basically additional time on the preparation ground to do this than You, who plays significantly more.
"Everybody realizes how great he is, that it is so challenging to shoot against him and this has a colossal impact by the way we shot today. Tragically, he was unable to make a save - their punishments were splendidly taken - and it was a piece unforgiving on him that he was the person to miss the unrivaled punishment, yet there is no fault."
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