There is a difference between someone being a fighter and someone who just thinks he can do what he likes and is simply defiant.. I understand that he would have wanted to stay on, most people would have but if your numbers up then you should be coming off.. If you are not going to respect the managers decision then what is that telling us??
There can be no excuses for it, none at all. When both Sarri and then Zola gestured for him to come off he was like a kid who didn't want to come from playtime.. just flatly refused to come off.. There could have been no confusion as far as I am concerned, the club have done a rush job to try and dumb down the utter embarrassment of the whole situation... They would have known after the first time when he went down if he was going to be fit enough to carry on and they left him on and took a chance but when he went down again Sarri was not going to risk it.. Sarri was so angry about the situation it was probably all he could do to not walk on the pitch and drag him off by the collar... that does not come from a simple misunderstanding..
There is too much player power in general in football but especially at Chelsea, players who quite frankly deem themselves better than they actually are and performances that are more likened to mid table standards... yesterday was one of those rare one off performances we all know they are capable of but they are too few and far between for the money being thrown in their direction and I do lay the blame at the upper management, when ever it goes tits up in a season the manager is always the one to suffer... We need a clear out and that includes Hazard and managers need to be backed for the long haul not the short term..
Just a bunch of individuals trying to play as a team rather than a team blessed with great individuals...