Ally McCoist believes Edouard Mendy will struggle to replicate his Carabao Cup final performance for Chelsea against Liverpool.
McCoist claimed on talkSPORT that the Blues' brilliant goalkeeper may never match the performance he put on under the Wembley arch yesterday.
Mendy, the illusionist
Mendy met the challenge of such a grand occasion with equal majesty.
After sitting out the previous rounds, Thomas Tuchel called up the Senegal international.
The decision to bench Chelsea's cup keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga paid off handsomely.
The Africa Cup of Nations winner thwarted Liverpool on numerous occasions, often in spectacular fashion.
His double save in the first half is up there with the best final saves of all time.
He parried Naby Keita's shot into Sadio Mane's path, but somehow managed to glove the resulting effort.
Jurgen Klopp's men kept piling pressure on Mendy's goal, but they were repeatedly locked out of the fortress.
Andy Robertson and Joe Matip were both denied in quick succession, before Virgil Van Dijk's header was cleared off the line.
Matip did manage to break through this tenacious defense, but VAR imposed to nullify the goal.
Despite his heroics, Mendy was replaced by Kepa just before the penalty shoot-out, giving the Spaniard the opportunity to take center stage.
Instead, he was revealed to be the villain.
After failing to save any of Liverpool's 11 penalty kicks, the 27-year-old then narrowly missed his own.
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