Chelsea players held a clear-the-air meeting at the club's training ground on Monday following their 6-0 loss to Manchester City.
The Blues' defeat at the Etihad Stadium was their worst ever in the Premier League and caused further questions to be raised regarding the future of manager Maurizio Sarri.
As reported by The Sun, Chelsea players spoke openly to each other regarding the club's current predicament, although it isn't known whether Sarri was part of the meeting.
Chelsea are currently in sixth place in the Premier League, 15 points adrift of leaders Manchester City, and have lost three of their last four top flight fixtures.
Sarri's side are back in action on Thursday when they host Malmo in the Europa League.
The Chelsea manager oversaw a training session at Cobham on Monday that consisted of players that didn't start the game against City.
There are some tough fixtures on the horizon for Chelsea - before the end of February they will face Manchester United in the FA Cup, Manchester City in the Carabao Cup and Tottenham in the Premier League.
Sarri has received a considerable amount of criticism from supporters in recent weeks for the club's performances, and, although he is under contract until 2021, there is much speculation regarding the 60-year-old's future at Chelsea.
Landyh
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Chelsea players coming back to London....
juuadkptuz
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well as John Obi Mike said there is no leader in the pitch..that's very correct,no one is there to correct anybody in the pitch that's the problem.
Baeaderu
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Sarri is too dull. Now he’s complaining about the same players. If he got sacked another manager would come and use Same players to win games. If players are lazy or not happy it’s the coach duty to position them. If there wasn’t a problem they wouldn’t have employed him at first. He’s crazily out of his mind he can change plans or make players player ball. Even drink water in bench is far.m better than jourinho. , David luiz ,Alonso , Pedro and William doesn’t even deserve first team . But he’s so predictable with his ideas. Any good coach would defeat sarri because he’s games are so predictable and boring. Sarriout
CastelloGail19
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Chelsea not play at their best level on that game. They lose focus & confidence when they conceded 4 goals in less 20mins. Every players in discouragement. Alonso very2 poor, Barkley with his mistake for 2nd goal, Jorginho, Kante most of them look underperform. It’s normal to be angry after the defeat but just bring that anger into a positive attitude. Manchester United are 11 points behind when Jose Mourinho leave the club but they are 4th now in the table. You just need a right leader to lead & always give a fighting spirit to the players. That’s what Chelsea need right now, a FIGHTING SPIRIT.