Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga admits the club veterans helped him settle when first arriving.

Kepa is coming up to five years with the Blues since joining from Athletic Bilbao.

"There is pressure, a lot is expected of you," he told Chelsea's website. "The intensity of the matches here in England is a lot higher than it is in Spain – both the matches and the number of matches you play. So you have to adapt step by step. You need to learn bit by bit from the people that have been at the club longer and who have been in a similar position.

"You need to rely on them and create your habits until you feel like I do now, which is more comfortable and used to everything."

Kepa reflected on leaving Athletic.

"I came up through the ranks from the age of nine to the age of 23. I knew everyone, I knew the fans, the pitch and everything – and when I moved to London, that wasn't the case.

"Okay, you know the team from the outside but not from the inside. You don't know the size [of the club], you don't know how things work, and all that takes time. What I do have to say is that I found myself at a club where I was helped with everything. I met team-mates, and there were a lot of Spanish players when I arrived. There were five or six of us.

"All this helps you a bit more and makes you feel more at home. They helped me a lot, and that was really important to me at the start.

"Azpi was there, so was Cesc, Pedro, Alvaro Morata, Marcos Alonso. There were quite a few of us."