Edouard Mendy was recalled back to the Chelsea starting lineup, after being rested for their mid-week Champions League match, as the west London outfit fought hard to secure a 3-2 victory over Leeds United in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Blues fell behind in the 28th minute as Raphinha converted a penalty, which was conceded by Marcos Alonso for a foul on Daniel James. Mason Mount later leveled for the hosts before Jorginho put Chelsea ahead just before the hour-mark.
There was more drama as Joe Gelhardt equalized from his first touch after coming on from the bench in the 83rd minute, before Jorginho proved to be the difference with yet another penalty.
Goalkeeper Mendy had a quiet opening half but was called into action, having to save Raphinha’s free kick which stretched him into full length. The Senegalese also made some saves in the second half to keep Leeds at bay.
Having remained so resolute in defence in the early part of the season, the Blues have now failed to keep a clean-sheet in their last five games across all competitions, with the Senegal international featuring in four of those games.
Mendy has looked shaky in recent weeks, with his the error to give away a penalty against West Ham the biggest highlight of his recent struggles.
For the first time this season, Chelsea have now conceded at least two goals in three successive games and we take a look at what fans are saying about the form of their Senegalese shotstopper.
They have hack Mendy database 😂 pic.twitter.com/sJepbjhzWb— Mavins 🇨🇦🇧🇷 (@Landlorduh1) December 11, 2021
Sancho really changed Mendy’s life pic.twitter.com/zTdsHPuurx— Nse 🤍 (@_nseobong) December 11, 2021
I love Mendy but he’s extremely horrible at saving penalties, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him dive the right way before.— Mod (@CFCMod_) December 11, 2021
Aaron Ramsdale is everything Chelsea fans think Edouard Mendy is.— Av (@aviv_lavi) December 11, 2021
Since Sancho faced Mendy no GK in the league has kept more cleansheet than him.Scary hours— Ors💉 (@deoors) December 12, 2021
Manchester United fans have tweeted more about Sancho scoring Mendy in two weeks, than they've tweeted about winning trophies in 5 years.— erNst (@ERNESTHDGAMERX) December 11, 2021
Mendy and Chelsea have never been the same since this. God bless Sancho 🐐❤️ pic.twitter.com/z6inXozWjz— NUNGUA BURNA ( UTD FACTOS RONALDO ) (@viewsdey) December 11, 2021
Miss that era when Chelsea's admin would quote Mendy's picture after a clean sheet with "RT". It feels so long already 😔🥲— 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐑𝐈𝐒 ✰🌍 (@krisayyor) December 11, 2021
Mendy is beginning to show us his true KEPAbility after just one decent season 😂😂— Uncle Wilson™ (@iam_wilsons) December 11, 2021
Watching that pk raphinha scored again, bro why didn’t Mendy dive? That was an easy catch Fr— Rola (@kofoworola__a) December 11, 2021
Mendy is the most Overrated Goalkeeper in the world pic.twitter.com/ipJ13XBDs9— JEFF TYMER (Bro Code)🇬🇭🏴 (@Jeff_Tymer_) December 11, 2021
Mendy trying to save a penalty pic.twitter.com/YqIKnOgktU— Dr Ayigbe Borla Bird 🥷🏾 (@Mr_Ceyram) December 11, 2021