Kepa Arrizabalaga grabbed the headlines from the Carabao Cup final after refusing to be substituted - but he is far from the first player to disobey his manager's wishes.
The Chelsea goalkeeper was in fact following the lead of one of the greatest players of all time, in Barcelona's Lionel Messi.
In October 2014, Messi refused to come off during a 3-0 La Liga win over Eibar, despite his manager, Luis Enrique, wanting to replace him.
With the victory secure, Enrique wanted to bring off his star player for the final 15 minutes in order to keep him fresh.
However, his gesticulations to Messi to come over to the touchline were met only by a thumbs up from the Argentine, clearly indicating he felt OK to continue.
After some shouting and pleading, Enrique admits defeat and instead takes off Neymar - who at that stage did not have the star power to deny his manager.
Kepa's decision to disobey Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri's orders to come off and be replaced by Willy Caballero has proved divisive following Sunday's final at Wembley.
The Spanish stopper had been suffering from cramp in extra time and Sarri wanted to bring on Caballero, who also has a strong record in shoot-outs - he saved three penalties when Manchester City beat Liverpool in 2016.
However, Kepa waved his manager away and refused to leave the pitch - incensing his manager, who thumped his seat and stormed down the tunnel, before returning to the pitch.
While Kepa was within the laws to refuse to be subbed, he could not help his team win the trophy, as City beat Chelsea 4-3 on penalties.
Parthlm10
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This app is a pure hater of the goat Messi coz he is better than their favourite player (Ronaldo) . The difference in headlines prove it everyday. When Ronaldo even does a backpass , and dybala converted it to unrealistic curler, it posted " dybala scores as Ronaldo shines" When Messi did 1 volley ( probably pichici) 1 weak foot goal top pure perfection out of nothing and 1 chip brilliance, it posted" Messi scores hattrick" . Shame on this bias app. It's bcoz of these media and reporters Ronaldo got his 4 undeserved ballon d'ors out of which 1 was iniestas 3 were Messi's
EAsoft
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Messi case was really different. Everybody was thinking he was injured and couldn't play and they wanted him to be checked because he is the main man..so Enrique didn't want to take the risk..But Messi weaved his hand that he was absolutely okay...Also who the hell on earth would want to substitute Messi during a match..It was completely for the injury
Satyam131
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I wanted to use *KEPA* as my profile picture But I asked myself, What if I want to remove him and he refuses?
AbhijaiSingh
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WHEN RONALDO TRIES TO BE MESSI
EminenceBASIT
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This app just savage Barcelona fans but they refuse to comply or accept as I can see many commenting what's highly difference from what all football posted. Kepa just imitate Messi He has a role model. Case closed