In his first game in charge of Chelsea, new manager Graham Potter made some of the club’s important players upset, according to Arsenal veteran Thierry Henry.
Henry claims that Raheem Sterling was dissatisfied with Graham Potter’s decision to remove him from the field during Wednesday night’s 1-1 draw between Chelsea and Red Bull Salzburg.
Due to their home draw, Chelsea now ranks last in Group E with just one point after two games.
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The Austrian champions managed to escape Stamford Bridge with a point as Noah Okafor took advantage of sloppy Premier League giants defense to score Chelsea’s first goal in the second half.
Henry, who noted that the England international could easily score another goal, questioned Potter’s choice to replace Sterling.
Potter was replaced by Christian Pulisic with six minutes left in the game as Chelsea attempted to win, and the 27-year-old appeared to be less than delighted.
When Potter decided to replace Sterling, “we all noticed and we were like, ‘it’s early’ and everything,” Henry told CBS Sports.
First and foremost, I don’t understand why Sterling was substituted after scoring because you know he has the potential to score again.
Sterling didn’t appear to be happy, so it will be fascinating to watch how he responds in the morning.
Maybe we’re reading too much into it, but when they showed him on the bench, I don’t think I would have liked to leave after [scoring] a goal. Let’s see how he handles that one.