'All I ask from all Chelsea players is to stick together in every moment': Lampard finally speaks on Alonso incident

The manager gave him a furious dressing down following a 3-3 draw against West Bromwich.

"I’m not going to disclose what goes on in the dressing room, I think that would be wrong, so that was it," Frank Lampard said of the Marcos Alonso incident, quoted by talkSPORT.

"It was a game where we were disappointed to be 3-0 down at half-time, I had to make changes. And all I ask from all the players is that, for good or for bad, the players stick together in every moment. Because that’s the only thing that brings a successful group.

"So that’s as much as I’ve got to say on it and it doesn’t affect anything ongoing. I cannot have grudges or feelings in games that carry on. We work, we’re honest with each other, and we carry on working to get better and better. And things happen during the course of the season, they happen a lot."

Alonso was at fault for two of three goals Chelsea conceded in the first half against West Bromwich; along with Mateo Kovacic, he was subbed off at half-time.

According to The Athletic's David Ornstein, while the Croat joined his teammates in the stands, the left-back tried to watch the second half on the team coach rather than with the rest of the substitutes.

As per the source, Lampard handed Alonso a furious dressing down in front of his teammates after the incident, with Chelsea players reportedly describing the boss 'the angriest they’ve ever seen him'.