Kepa Arrizabalaga leaves Chelsea training ground as Maurizio Sarri takes session

Kepa Arrizabalaga was spotted leaving Chelsea's training ground on Monday afternoon as the club looks to draw a line under his row with Maurizio Sarri.

The Spaniard defied his manager's orders in Sunday's Carabao Cup final with Manchester City after refusing to be substituted.

Sarri wanted to replace Kepa - who had received treatment for cramp - with Willy Caballero in the dying minutes of extra-time with a penalty shootout looming.

The under-fire manager claimed it was just a 'misunderstanding' after the game, while the keeper also held his hands up.

However, Kepa checked in at Cobham with the rest of his team-mates as usual on Monday ahead of their crunch clash with Tottenham. The 24-year-old took part in a recovery session in the gym with the rest of the players who started at Wembley as Raheem Sterling's spot-kick fired City to victory. Sarri's position remains under threat but the Italian took charge of a training session on the grass for the rest of the players with the likes of Callum Hudson-Odoi, Marcos Alonso and Olivier Giroud taking part.

His team face a crunch clash with rivals Spurs at Stamford Bridge as they look to reignite their push for a top-four spot. Kepa, who is expected to keep his place between the sticks, clarified in an interview and on social media his view of the incident.

"It was misunderstood. In no moment was it my intention to disobey, or anything like that, with the boss," said Kepa, who signed from Athletic Bilbao last summer in a world record fee for a goalkeeper of £71.6million. "He thought I couldn't continue, and - fundamentally - I was trying to say that physically I was fine."

Kepa added in a statement on Twitter : "I have full respect for the coach and his authority."