The Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen has ‘annoyed’ his manager Maurizio Sarri by doing a runner from the substitute bench to use the bathroom during his side’s 2-0 defeat to Arsenal, according to The Times.
That report claims that the Denmark international, having watched Callum Hudson-Odoi enter the fray as his side’s third substitute, told teammates he was going back to the Blues’ dressing room to use the bathroom, before not returning.
It’s a case of bad timing for the centre-half, as his manager Sarri went on to publicly lambast how ‘difficult to motivate’ his squad was.
“Today I prefer to speak Italian first of all because I want to send a message to my players, and I want my message to be very clear,” he told reporters after the Carabao Cup semi-final loss.
“I have to say that I'm extremely angry, very angry indeed.
“This defeat was due to our mentality more than anything else, our mental approach. We played against a team more determined than we were. And I can't accept that.
“Tactics don't come into it. Their high level of motivation was obvious throughout, particularly in both penalty areas.
“I'd prefer to come in here to talk about the tactics, about why we lost from a tactical point of view, but the fact is it appears this group of players is extremely difficult to motivate.”
This news comes along with the development, from the Mirror, that the Italian has held ‘peace talks’ with his squad at their Cobham training base to clear the air following the unpleasantness of the last number of days.
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