Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata gave Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin a cheeky push in the tunnel before Sunday’s Premier League meeting at Stamford Bridge.
The incident, if you can call it that, occurred as Bellerin was talking to Sky Sports before kick-off. As reported in the Metro, Morata gave his Spain teammate a nudge in the back as he walked by. Bellerin ignored it and went through with the interview.
This was likely a friendly exchange between two international colleagues. Bellerin and Morata have played together often for Spain’s u21 side and have been involved in the senior squad together. The two went on to play well as the teams battled it out for a 0-0 draw.
In my opinion, Bellerin had his best game for a while and was a threat to Marcos Alonso down the right hand side. Morata, on the other hand, put in a hard-working display but didn’t get many opportunities on the Arsenal goal thanks to some strong defending, I felt.
Arsenal are now unbeaten in three games and will be looking ahead to a kinder run of fixtures where they can hopefully generate some good form.