'Sanchez will undermine everything they do'

[Getty Images] Questions remain over Robert Sanchez, who allowed Josh King's low strike to go straight through him for Fulham's equaliser and then tamely parried Timothy Castagne's shot into a dangerous area for Gonzalo Garcia to head in from close range to set up a nervy finish at Craven Cottage. "They have strengthened in every position of the pitch but you cannot take a chance on goalkeepers," said ex- Manchester United defender Gary Neville on Sky Sports. "It's the most difficult position on the pitch, it's the one that carries the most scrutiny. "If you have got a goalkeeper who's making mistakes and is anxious, it will undermine everything you're trying to do. It's a problem." There was nowhere to hide for Sanchez. King's equaliser in the 23rd minute had an expected goals on target (xGoT) value of just 0.05, making it the lowest-rated shot to result in a goal during the opening weekend of the Premier League season. In other words, Sanchez really should have saved it. He did make a number of other saves, but he also conceded a corner after failing to clear the ball before it ran out of play and was later unconvincing when coming off his line to deal with a long ball, with Antonee Robinson missing the target to let him off the hook. While Xabi Alonso defended his goalkeeper after the game, in his pre-match news conference he said: "The pitch is the boss of everything. I don't decide. The players need to show me." That message applied to his goalkeepers - Sanchez and 21-year-old number two Mike Penders, who is waiting to make his debut after returning from a successful loan spell at Strasbourg. With the transfer window still open, many Chelsea fans will be asking whether the club need a new first-choice goalkeeper. As former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said on Sky Sports: "They have to sort the goalkeeping issue out because it's going to come back and haunt them again this season."