• ‘In no moment was it my intention to disobey,’ claims keeper
• Italian says Arrizabalaga ‘was right, but in the wrong way’
Maurizio Sarri’s grip on his position as Chelsea’s head coach has been further loosened after Kepa Arrizabalaga appeared to undermine the Italian’s authority by refusing to be substituted before his team succumbed in a penalty shootout to Manchester City.
Related: Kepa’s shootout mutiny emblematic of Sarri’s sinking ship at Chelsea | Barney Ronay
Written by Dominic Fifield at Wembley
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/24/sarri-kepa-subsitution-chelsea-manchester-city under the title “Sarri and Kepa try to play down substitution ‘misunderstanding’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
