Chelsea's Portuguese goalkeeper Hilario has paid tribute to keeper coach Christophe Lollichon.

Lollichon didn't see eye-to-eye with former manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, but Hilario told Chelsea TV: "The guy doesn't rest.

"I think he doesn't have any other life, he lives for the goalkeeping coach role. Since I met Christophe when he came to Chelsea, I don't think we have ever done the same exercise twice, he has a very big scrapbook for exercises!

"It is always good to practice with him, the exercises are really hard but it is nice because I enjoy the work. Sometimes it looks like it isn't goalkeeper practice, but it all helps."

The fun aspect is something Lollichon clearly encourages, and at the end of most sessions, the goalkeeping staff take part in a challenge, with the loser forced to complete an uncomfortable forfeit.

"We always have a discussion before the challenge, which is a nice way to end, because we work hard during our sessions so we finish with fun. No one likes to lose, I lost a few, but I can tell you that I don't lose too many!" Hilario smiles.

"They are always difficult forfeits, the bad one for me was jumping into the ice bath in the gym, but once Petr had to run from the middle of the pitch to the dressing room in his pants, the day Maradona was here last season, which was very funny. I even saw it on TV!

"Another very hard one is to do some forward rolls and then try to catch a high ball. It looks easy to do but when you do five or six rollovers, you can't stay on your legs, all the forces are pushing you down and you become lost!"