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Jamie Kemble

Hakim Ziyech sends explicit message to Chelsea teammate after getting physical in training

Hakim Ziyech was left embarrassed by one of his Chelsea teammates ahead of today's Premier League clash with Leeds United.

The midfielder who joined Chelsea on a £36million deal from Ajax in the summer has not seen as much action as he would have liked so far at Stamford Bridge.

Ziyech has made 14 Premier League appearances so far this season, starting only 10 times, and as looks to break into Thomas Tuchel's starting XI, one thing he won't appreciate is being nutmegged in training.

During Chelsea training at Cobham ahead of the Leeds United clash, Tuchel's men were once again playing with a mini ball, and Emerson Palmieri showed his class.

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Emerson nutmegged Ziyech and when the 27-year-old chased him and dived in to win the ball back, Emerson shifted the ball to another teammate.

That left Ziyech rather frustrated, so much so that he chased down Emerson and rugby tackled him to the ground, and that wasn't the end of it.

To continue the light-hearted shaming of the incident, Emerson posted a clip of it on his Instagram story with the caption 'Sorry my bro @hziyech' with a laughing face emoji and a heart.

Ziyech then responded to that rather brutally, reposting it to his own story and saying 'f*** you' again, with a laughing face and a heart emoji.

Quite the interaction, but Chelsea fans will be pleased to see that their players continue to enjoy themselves in training, something that has become a running trend under Tuchel.

The German head coach has spiced up sessions with a number of fun ideas, the small ball being one of them, and it's clearly having the desired effect with Chelsea unbeaten in the 12 games during his reign so far.

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