Chelsea stars seen arguing on the bench during Arsenal defeat

Some Chelsea players were seen arguing on the substitutes' bench during their poor 3-1 defeat against Arsenal, according to Emmanuel Petit. 

 Frank Lampard's second stint at the club hit a new low on Tuesday night at the Emirates as his team were completely dominated during the entire game. 

 A brace from Martin Odegaard and a strike from Gabriel Jesus was not even enough to reflect the real difference between the two London sides. 

What that means is Lampard has now lost six successive matches since he took over from Graham Potter with the intention of improving the chaotic team who are currently 12th on the league table. 

 Chelsea were able to score a consolation goal through Noni Madueke, but Petit was shocked by the conduct of a number of players who spent the second 45 minutes rowing on the bench. 

 Petit told Premier League Productions: ‘I was quite close to the Chelsea bench and I saw some of the players having arguments between them in the second half especially.

‘I was very shocked in the first half the attitude of the players, the body language, no response, no pride, no unity, no friendship. 

 ‘I was thinking you could put 20 managers on the bench and it won’t change anything at all at the moment. They need to clear something in the dressing room first and then think about the manager afterwards. 

 ‘You can put the best manager on the bench now and he doesn’t get the right answer, there are too many players. It’s a mess and it was embarrassing to watch Chelsea in the first half and I feel sorry for the fans.’ 

Lampard admitted his team were ‘too nice’ to play against during a shambolic first half that saw them concede 3 goals and fears there is no quick fix to the issue on ground.

 ‘We weren’t good enough, we were too nice to play against, too passive,’ he said. ‘In possession we weren’t playing balls over their press, or winning second balls. 

 ‘Chelsea have been a big success for 20 years domestically and in the Champions League, at the moment we’re not in that position. But from the moment I’ve been here it’s been evident we’re too nice as a team. 

 ‘We can’t change things overnight but we better get their quickly because we have another game at the weekend and games to come.

 ‘The passive nature of our game you can attribute it to many things. There’s the easy go to that the players don’t care enough, but they do care. You can be low on confidence but still show a dynamic side to your games. All the things we spoke about before the game we didn’t do.’