The 29-year-old is also France's first-choice goalkeeper, having replaced World Cup-winning captain Hugo Lloris, who retired after Les Bleus' World Cup final defeat to Argentina. Maignan is now the country's vice-captain and was named in the Euro 2024 team of the tournament last summer.

Enzo Maresca admits Chelsea’s first-choice goalkeeper Robert Sanchez still has a lot of improving to do and believes he needs to cope better with criticism from the club’s fans. Sanchez was jeered by Chelsea supporters every time he caught the ball in the second half of their 3-1 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday night.

On Monday evening in Chelsea’s dressing room, Robert Sanchez was a picture of zen ... who has made a solitary FA Cup appearance in four years at Stamford Bridge. Finland's Lucas Bergstrom ...

IT IS HARD to know what is more worrying for Chelsea fans. That their error-prone keeper Robert Sanchez is fighting for his reputation having dropped another clanger at a key moment. Or that the

Enzo Maresca has said Chelsea continue to "trust" error-prone goalkeeper Robert Sánchez after his latest mistake in Saturday's 3-1 defeat to Manchester City.

Enzo Maresca has defended Robert Sanchez after his latest error in their defeat to Manchester City but hinted at assessing his options in the coming games.

Mohamed Salah’s 35th-minute strike in Liverpool’s 4-1 win over Ipswich Town at Anfield took the Egyptian king to 19 goals in 22 league matches this season. It was also his 176th goal in the league which moves him past Arsenal legend Thierry Henry (175) in the Premier League’s all-time goal scoring chart to seventh place.

Enzo Maresca insisted he still trusts Robert Sanchez to be Chelsea’s starting goalkeeper but added that he wants to see a reaction from the Spaniard to another costly error in Saturday’s 3-1 defeat against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

Another topsy-turvy weekend of European football is in the books, and there are talking points galore across the big leagues.

Rio Ferdinand criticised Rasmus Hojlund ’s performance in Manchester United ’s much-needed Premier League victory over Fulham. Neither side reached their top levels at Craven Cottage but United secured a 1-0 win thanks to Lisandro Martinez’s deflected strike in the 78th-minute.

The 29-year-old is also France's first-choice goalkeeper, having replaced World Cup-winning captain Hugo Lloris, who retired after Les Bleus' World Cup final defeat to Argentina. Maignan is now the country's vice-captain and was named in the Euro 2024 team of the tournament last summer.

Karen Carney says Manchester United, one of the biggest clubs in the world, only have one ‘world-class’ player. United picked up a much-needed Premier League victory away at Fulham on Sunday evening, beating Marco Silva’s side 1-0 thanks to Lisandro Martinez’s deflected strike.