Joe Cole leaps to defence of Edouard Mendy after the Chelsea star's horror show at West Ham, as he conceded a penalty and got beaten by a cross for the winner - insisting 'keepers are human beings, not ROBOTS' Edouard Mendy was at fault for two goals in Chelsea's 3-2 defeat at West Ham The Senegalese goalkeeper has generally been in excellent form this campaign And former Blues star Joe Cole defended Mendy, calling the winner a 'freak goal' Boss Thomas Tuchel stated he should have been nominated for the Ballon d'Or By Max Mathews For Mailonline Published: 15:46 GMT, 4 December 2021 | Updated: 15:46 GMT, 4 December 2021 Viewcomments Joe Cole has stoutly defended Edouard Mendy after the Chelsea goalkeeper made two crucial mistakes in a 3-2 defeat against rivals West Ham. The Senegalese goalkeeper dallied on the ball before giving away a penalty for a foul on Jarrod Bowen - scored by Manuel Lanzini - before Arthur Masuaku's unusual late attempt sailed past him to decide the game with three minutes left. But former Blues star Cole insisted the winner was a 'freak goal' and that you 'could not blame' Mendy for the errors. Joe Cole has defended Edouard Mendy after two mistakes in a 3-2 defeat against West Ham The Chelsea goalkeeper gave away a penalty and failed to stop Arthur Masuaku's late winner He said: 'Mendy was at fault for the penalty. That was a freak of a goal. You can't blame him. He's been outstanding for such a long time. 'Goalkeepers are human beings, not robots. It would take something like that to beat this Chelsea team - a world-class goal or something out of the ordinary.' After Gianfranco Zola insisted Masuaku's winner was 'definitely' meant as a cross, fellow pundit Rio Ferdinand added: 'It doesn't matter, does it? (Was there a deflection?) I don't know. But former Blues star Cole (pictured above) insisted you 'could not blame' Mendy for the errors 'The run is what makes it from Antonio. He just gets that yard. He doesn't catch it well from there. There's no way he comes out of the changing room after and tries to tell us he meant that.' Lanzini's successful spot-kick was the equaliser after Thiago Silva had opened the scoring from a set-piece. Although Mason Mount gave the visitors the lead again just before half time, Bowen and Masuaku netted to hand the Hammers three points. The result could see Thomas Tuchel's side overtaken by Liverpool or Manchester City, with both title challengers playing later on Saturday against Wolves and Watford respectively. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility