Maurizio Sarri "in 20-minute peace talks with Chelsea players after the capitulation of Arsenal"

Maurizio Sarri had clear discussions with his players in Chelsea Monday following the capitulation to Arsenal this weekend.

Sarri was buzzing after Saturday's 2-0 Premier League defeat at Emirates.

Sarri was left furious and turned to his native Italian for his post-match press conference – "to send a message to my players and I want my message to be very clear" , he said attitude and personalities.

However, with the return leg in the semifinal of the Carabao Cup in the semi-final against Tottenham, Sarri tried to reveal the content of the meeting with his players during the meeting on the training ground, according to the newspaper. The temperature .

It is claimed that some Chelsea players would be surprised to learn that Eden Hazard continues to be played out of position while a crisis, Olivier Giroud remains to heat the bench.

But it is reported that the Italian still has the support of the locker room while the Blues continue to fight on four fronts.

The goals of Alexandre Lacazette and Laurent Koscielny in the first period sentenced Chelsea to defeat, their lead over the Gunners having been reduced only to three points in the race to rank among the top four .

Sarri said, "I have to say that I am extremely angry, really very angry, this defeat was due to our mentality, more than anything else.

"It's something I can not accept, we had a similar problem during the championship game in Tottenham (in November).

"I thought we were going to overcome this problem, but it seems we still have this problem, this group of players is extremely difficult to motivate."

Sarri has regularly criticized the determination and motivation of his players this season, but went further in badyzing their flaws.

"It seems to me that as a group of players, they are not particularly aggressive from a mental point of view," he added.

"They do not have that ferocity in their mindset, it depends on the type of players they are, their characteristics.

"It's something that's hard to change, it could take quite a long time."