Chelsea's Marcos Alonso insists training ground fracas is GOOD

Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso insists training ground fracas between Antonio Rudiger and Kepa Arrizabalaga is GOOD and admits it will happen AGAIN in future

  • Rudiger was dramatically dismissed from training by Thomas Tuchel on Sunday 
  • The confrontation at Cobham took place after the 5-2 defeat against West Brom 
  • But Alonso has turned the incident into a positive based on the side’s ‘hunger’ 

Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso has described the sensational training ground bust-up between Antonio Rudiger and Kepa Arrizabalaga as a positive for the club.

The physical confrontation between the pair at Cobham came on Easter Sunday, less than 24 hours after the Blues were dismantled 5-2 by Sam Allardyce’s relegation-threatened West Bromwich Albion side.

Centre half Rudiger was dismissed from training after a shoving match between the German and goalkeeper Kepa after a late tackle during a small-sided training exercise, although Rudiger later apologised unprompted and the pair made up.

Chelsea’s Kepa Arrizabalaga (left) and Antonio Rudiger (right) clashed in training on Sunday

But Blues defender Marcos Alonso has described the training ground bust up as a positive

And Alonso admitted the passion and desire shown by the pair was a positive rather than a negative, despite the heated encounter. 

He told beIN SPORTS: ‘These are things that happen.

‘It shows the level of competition that is in the team, the hunger we show even on the training ground and it is good for the team.’

Thomas Tuchel will hope his side can bounce back in the European quarter-final against Porto

‘Even before training finished it was all good. Nothing new, it has always happened.

‘It will happen again. We have to take the positive and move on and get ready for the next game.’ 

Next up Thomas Tuchel’s side will look to bounce back from their first defeat of his tenure when they travel to Porto for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday. 




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