Twitter explodes as Kepa Arrizabalaga refuses to be subbed by Maurizio Sarri

Chelsea v Manchester City - Carabao Cup
Chelsea v Manchester City - Carabao Cup

Manchester City beat Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final today 4-3 on penalties in a match which ended 0-0 at the end of extra time.

Just before the end of extra time, Willy Caballero was being prepared to come on instead of Kepa Arrizabalaga, and when his number went up, the Chelsea keeper refused to be subbed, which infuriated Maurizio Sarri, who started to go into the tunnel.

The match itself didn't have many highlights as both defenses stood strong for the whole of the game.

In the first half, Otamendi was the closest to breaking the deadlock as his header was saved by Kepa from very close range. Manchester City were dominant with the ball in the first half but didn't create much as David Luiz and Antonio Rudiger were brilliant.

In the second half, it was a much more open game, and N'Golo Kante came the closest for Chelsea, while Sergio Aguero had a goal disallowed for off-side. In extra time, things got a little heated as Sarri wanted to bring Caballero on, but Kepa refused to come off which sparkled a lot of confusion on the Chelsea bench. In the end, Sarri decided against making the substitution, but he was absolutely fuming.

After the dust settled, it was Kepa who was going in goal for the penalties, and in the end, Manchester City won 4-3, after David Luiz and Jorginho missed their penalties for Chelsea, while for Manchester City, everyone scored barring Leroy Sane.

While Kepa felt that he could continue, Sarri had the right to take him off, with the shot-stopper having received treatment twice already.

Here's how Twitter reacted to Kepa refusing to be subbed:

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Edited by Sai Krishna
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