Chelsea's dressing room is, following the 2-5 loss to West Brom on Saturday, a real powder keg. It had been too long since the blues had lost a game, specifically since January 19, and emotions are running high. After the strong discussion between Azpilicueta and Reece James, which already seems solved, totime it was the turn of Kepa and Rüdiger, to which, according to the exclusive account of The Telegraph newspaper, Thomas Tuchel had to send home ahead of time.
The reasons, at the moment, are not clear, but according to the English newspaper it seems that the discussion passed the barrier of words and that both came to push each other. While Kepa was able to compose himself and complete the rest of the training, Rüdiger, whom his coach had previously sent to the locker room to lower his heart rate, could not calm down, and Tuchel, aware that the situation could no longer get out of hand, sent him home.
At the moment, according to The Telegraph, the German defender has already apologized to Kepa, but Tuchel, who already had to deal with the discussion between Azpilicueta and Reece James, wants to set an example so that this situation does not happen again under his command. It remains to be seen, however, whether this may cost ownership to Rüdiger ahead of Wednesday's momentous match against the Port, since German is one of the pillars on which the defensive solidity of the Chelsea During the last months.