Graham Potter salutes Kepa Arrizabalaga's 'fantastic level' in 'ugly' Chelsea win over struggling Aston Villa

Graham Potter highlighted the sparkling contribution of Kepa Arrizabalaga to his side's gritty 2-0 win over Aston Villa. The Spanish keeper — so impressive so far under Potter's command — took his game up another notch in the West Midlands, pulling off a series of astonishing stops to keep the Villans at bay, and in the process securing his fourth straight clean sheet in all competitions. Ad It allowed Chelsea to hold onto a win that was given to them by Mason Mount's goals — one in each half.

Premier LeagueMount double at Villa maintains unbeaten start for Potter at Chelsea7 HOURS AGO Speaking afterwards, Potter said: «It was a hard-fought game. Aston Villa made us suffer, certainly in the first half. We lost our way a little bit and we needed Kepa to make some fantastic saves.

»He is contributing to us with clean sheets, how we are trying to play and the environment around the place. «Kepa found a fantastic level, he made brilliant saves which kept us in the game. 'Something special' — Arteta says Arsenal's flying start no coincidence after win at Leeds Liverpool and Salah hand Man City first loss of the season in pulsating Anfield clash »We were better in the second half, more stable.

It wasn't easy for us given the amount of games we have played, to come from [Inter] Milan [in the Champions League] to here. «I'm happy for Mason and Kepa in particular, they have managed to help us over the line. Different players will have to step up.