Kepa Arrizabalaga has insisted he 'will be ready' for Chelsea in January when Edouard Mendy is likely to be away at the Africa Cup of Nations following more shoot-out heroics on Tuesday.
The Spaniard got the faintest of touches to save Theo Walcott's penalty while Will Smallbone blazed over for Southampton to give the Blues a 4-3 spot-kick victory in the Carabao Cup last-16 tie.
It was a similar story in the previous round against Aston Villa and means Thomas Tuchel's side are into the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time since they lost the 2019 final to Manchester City.