Liam Rosenior Involved In Tense Moment During Chelsea Warm-Up As Exchange Spotted
Rosenior exchanged words with a coach on the touchline.
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Topics: Chelsea, Arsenal, Carabao Cup, Football
Ryan Smart
Topics: Chelsea, Arsenal, Carabao Cup, Football
Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior appeared to be unhappy with one player moments before the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg against Arsenal.
The Blues boss appeared less than impressed at something that happened in the warm-up at the Emirates Stadium.
He gestured at one of his own coaching staff before throwing his arm up in the air while watching his players warm up.
It appeared unclear as to who the initial gesture was aimed at, or whether it was towards his own team or Arsenal's players.
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Rosenior has made a number of changes to the starting XI following Saturday's 3-2 comeback win over West Ham.
Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp noted that Rosenior appeared to be telling one person to stay in his own half.
"You can see it there, he's telling him to stay in their half," Redknapp commented.
"I don't quite obviously know, I haven't seen it. It's like someone's kicked a ball in his area."
Fellow pundit Paul Merson added: "Sometimes the goalkeeping coach stays in the other half when they're taking goal kicks, it might have been that."
Chelsea lost the first leg of the semi-final 3-2 against Arsenal in what was Rosenior's first game in charge against another Premier League club.
It is not always common for managers to watch their players warm up, with some preferring to stay in the dressing room in the build-up to kick-off.
Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp regularly used to watch his opponents warm up, with former Manchester United, Watford and West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster revealing that he once got the inside story on why exactly the German did it.
During a segment on Amazon Prime, Klopp told Foster about his pre-match routine: "I do it so I can [identify] a technical or tactical something I can pick up on.
"Because sometimes you will get some teams that will set up their actual shape and position in the warm-up.
"If I see a left-back or a right-back will come inside or might stay, I might just clock it a little bit and I might mention it to the players before I go.
"I definitely don't do it to try and intimidate players."