DBasia.news – One trophy has escaped Chelsea’s grip when they were defeated by defending champions League Cup, Manchester City, at Wembley on 24 February.
Playing a goalless draw at normal time as well as an extra time period of 2×15 minutes, making the winner must be determined through the penalty shootout round. City managed to defend the title after winning 4-3 in the shootout.
Surprising events occurred a few moments before the extension period ended. Maurizio Sarri canceled replacing Kepa Arrizabalaga with Willy Caballero because the player refused to be replaced and insisted on continuing the match. Sarri was seen who seemed to hold his emotions on the edge of the field finally choosing to leave the match and hurried to the dressing room.
This made the public speculate that the atmosphere in the club dressing room was no longer conducive and the squad had begun to divide, but now the problem was officially closed and Kepa had also returned to being the main choice under the crossbar. Even according to Sarri, this case made his team stronger and more compact.
“In the end, the Kepa case (which refused to be replaced by Willy Caballero) was a positive thing for the team and the players. In the last five games, we won four wins and one draw against Manchester City. We also conceded just one goal “Chelsea showed progress in terms of defense and consistency,” Sarri said as quoted by the Independent.
“We still have to be careful, because before the team has had a fantastic period and is unbeaten for a long time, but then it has decreased and performed poorly,” he added.
After successfully setting one foot in the Europa League quarter-finals, Chelsea will try to maintain the trend of victory while avenging defeat in the first meeting when entertaining Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 30th Premier League record on Sunday (10/3).