But what this ‘mega-donna’ did in the final minutes of Sunday’s Carabao Cup final at Wembley was simply disgusting as he adamantly refused to be substituted after he was hit by late cramps.
Let’s go back to the dramatic scenes: Arrizabalaga had just been treated for cramp and Sarri was preparing to bring on reserve keeper Willy Caballero in his place ahead of a penalty shootout. But after some furious finger-wagging and screams of “NO!”, Sarri was forced to give in. Jita adds without compromise: “If I was Sarri I would walk. You cannot be undermined. Why weren’t the players dragging Kepa off anyway? Kepa should be sacked, not Sarri. He’s been clearly undermined – it’s the worst thing that can happen to a world-class manager.”Singapore’s longest-serving Malaysia Cup goalkeeper David Lee says it’s clear “there’s a lack of respect” for the manager, but said Sarri showed “a lack of class” by storming off the pitch following defeat.
The 24-year-old goalkeeper was also remorseful and later echoed his manager’s words and insisted the incident was caused by “confusion”. He says: “It was misunderstood. In no moment was it my intention to disobey, or anything like that with the boss. It was two or three minutes of confusion until the medics got to the bench and they explained everything well.
“I’m proud of the players. I think the club would be proud of that performance too, because the performance was very good against, in my opinion, the best club in Europe.”In my opinion, as a sports journalist of over four decades, this manager-goalkeeper incident is simply disgraceful.
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