Willian and Giroud were both involved in the practice match after not being used against Manchester City

A number of Chelsea’s senior players suffered further embarrassment yesterday when they were held to a 3-3 draw by a development team in a practice match at the club’s training ground.

Maurizio Sarri called all of his players together for a meeting to discuss their 6-0 thrashing by Manchester City on Sunday before sending out the substitutes and other unused squad players, including internationals Willian and Olivier Giroud, for a warm-down game against players from the academy.

In 60-minute practice game played over four quarters Chelsea’s youngsters more than held their own against the senior squad, giving the Italian food for thought as he considers making changes to his first team. The Italian watched the bulk of the match while the players beaten by City