Kevin Trapp has compared his role at Paris Saint-Germain to Manuel Neuer's job at Bayern Munich.
Just like Bayern Munich have so far marched through Bundesliga, PSG have racked up the points in Ligue 1. The French champions have scored 31 goals in 13 games, and only conceded six, while securing the three points on 11 occasions.
The runaway leaders in France hold a commanding 10-point lead on Lyon just over a third into the season, and, just like Bayern, are on course to win a fourth consecutive league title, and a first for German keeper Kevin Trapp.
The 25-year-old joined PSG from mid-table Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, a side which conceded 62 goals last season, although, through injury, Trapp only conceded 35 in 22 games.
Still, Trapp, who has been called up to the German national team for the first time last Friday, told kicker that he needed to adapt to playing behinds such a superior team.
"It's a bit like Manu [Neuer] in Munich. He also has many games where he is out of work most of the time, but has to be there in the decisive situations," Trapp said. "When you play in a dominant team, you need to get used to not receiving constant shots on the goal and still being in the match."
Trapp said that the main priority is to "keep focused" all the time to be there in the rare moments a goalkeeper was needed.
"That's a major difference to Frankfurt."
But the German has settled at PSG and believes he lives up to the challenge of also playing in an extra competition: the Champions League.
"It's a different rhythm here. We usually played once a week in Frankfurt, but you constantly have three-match weeks here. That's a big change, even more so for the head than for the body," Trapp said.
"In the past, I have always admired players who can play at the highest level every three days, who have no time to rest. I now know how it feels. But I realize that I rise to this challenge."
A rare Trapp mistake last week led to PSG's 1-0 defeat at Real Madrid, and the German admitted that even he otherwise played a good match, his blunder that gave Nacho the chance to score for Los Blancos "stood out" and "was enough to lose that match."
"I just didn't see the opponent," Trapp, who was caught out of position after a deflected shot, said. "When I saw Nacho I was in no-man's land. Indeed, it looks incredibly stupid, and it was my fault, and a mistake like that is hard to accept, but it's only part of the goalkeepers' game."