Chelsea did not experience an ideal training session as they prepared to take on Arsenal in the Europa League final in Baku and their poor preparations left Sarri infuriated.
With 15 minutes left in the session it appeared the 60-year-old Italian had reached the end of his tether as he launched his cap into ground and then kicked it into the air, as he stormed off the pitch and headed down the tunnel at the Olympic Stadium.
Sarri saw midfielder N’Golo Kante forced to stop taking part because of an injury concern and watched on as he saw the shocking bust-up between David Luiz and Gonzalo Higuain before storming off.
However, the club were quick to address the situation, which had all unfolded in front of the world’s media.
“Maurizio’s frustration displayed at the end of training was not related to any of his players,” a Chelsea spokesman said.
“But was due to not being able to practice set-plays in the final 15 minutes of the hour-long training session as it remained open to media.”
Sarri believes Kante’s knee injury is “not very serious” and is hopeful it will resolve itself before kick-off (8pm) tonight.
When pressed about the severity of the injury and asked if the 28-year-old would play against the Gunners, the Chelsea boss admitted he didn’t know.
“He had a little problem on Saturday, a very little problem with his knee,” Sarri said.
“It’s not really a very serious injury.
“The problem is the timing because we had only four days to try to recover him. We are trying. At the moment we don’t know.
“We will try until the last moment. We will try tomorrow, but at the moment we don’t know.
“He is 50/50 at the moment.”
As for the argument between Luiz and Higuain, it all unfolded after the Argentine striker appeared to challenge Luiz from behind.
The Brazilian defender was clearly annoyed about the challenge and lashed out at Higuain with his arm.
As the cameras watched on, it was left to club captain Cesar Azpilicueta to come over and intervene between the players.
All of this happened before Sarri’s cap-throwing outburst, but it is unclear at what point the manager was made aware he would not be able to practice set-pieces without onlookers taking a peek, as UEFA regulations meant the training session remained open to the media.
