Chelsea dressing room lock-in: Maurizio Sarris actions are baffling, says Kevin Phillips

Chelsea dressing room lock-in: Maurizio Sarris actions are baffling, says Kevin Phillips
Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarris recent behavior has been baffling, according to former Premier League star Kevin Phillips.The Blues boss hit the headlines again this week after he admitted to locking his players in the dressing room for an hour-long dressing down after their humiliating 4-0 defeat to Bournemouth.3

Maurizio Sarri has not been happy with Chelsea’s recent performances

It is also claimed Sarri told his coaching staff, which includes Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola, to leave so he could speak to the team on his own.This came just weeks after he publicly slammed his players following a 2-0 London derby defeat to Arsenal.Sarri said he wasextremely angry with his team and blasted their mentality after a dreadful performance at the Emirates Stadium, which saw them register just one shot on target.3

Eden Hazard, in particular, was reportedly given a hard time by Maurizio Sarri after Chelsea’s 4-0 defeat to Bournemouth

After this latest incident, former Chelsea coach Brendan Rodgers told talkSPORT tough love no longer works with modern players, and suggested Sarri should change his approach.And, speaking on Fridays Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, Phillips said the Italians combative style could backfire badly at Stamford Bridge.It baffles me to be honest, said the journeyman frontman.Having been part of a coaching set up now for the last five years, weve lost matches comfortably and weve not performed, but never once has a manager turned round to a member of staff and kicked him out of the dressing room. Sometimes they say they dont want you talking, which is fine, but never to stay out of the dressing room and lock the door.To actually lock someone of the calibre of Gianfranco Zola out of the dressing room when you would think his opinion is quite valid having been there, seen it and done it its quite bizarre.3

Sarri is said to have told Gianfranco Zola to leave the dressing room while he spoke to Chelsea players

There are clearly problems at Chelsea and we saw that the other night.Ive been in dressing rooms where people are clearly not happy and the players could quite easily turn out tomorrow and not put in a performance.Will that send a huge statement out?Clearly things are not right there are the minute.

"I've been part of a coaching set-up for 5 years… never has a manager kicked me out of a dressing room.""To lock someone of the calibre of Zola out is bizarre."Kevin Phillips says Sarri's actions after #CFC's loss to Bouremouth are "baffling"Will Sarri last the season? pic.twitter.com/TNU1SRulqJ— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) February 1, 2019

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