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David Luiz plays down Sarri strop & Higuain spat ahead of Chelsea’s Europa League win

The Blues defender was involved in a training ground row, while his manager lost his temper, but neither incident is considered to be serious

David Luiz has played down Maurizio Sarri’s training strop ahead of the Europa League final and insisted that his own row with Gonzalo Higuain was merely a show of passion.

The Blues’ build-up to a meeting with Arsenal saw them generate some unwelcome headlines.

Sarri was visibly upset by something as he put his players through their paces in Baku, while Luiz was involved in a spat with a fellow South American.