Chelsea’s players ripped into each other during a stormy half-time inquest that helped to inspire their comeback victory that condemned Arsenal to a fourth successive home defeat - their worst run for 60 years.

Head coach Frank Lampard was furious with the first half in which Chelsea fell behind and he hauled off Emerson Palmeiri after just 34 minutes.

After delivering his damning verdict, Lampard allowed his players to point fingers at each other and give each other a dressing down during the break.

The inquest spilled into the Emirates tunnel, as the Chelsea players went back out for the second half and even continued on the pitch between Fikayo Tomori and Kurt Zouma.

But the strong words worked, as Chelsea dominated the second half and completed a late turnaround to secure a 2-1 win thanks to goals from substitute Jorginho and Tammy Abraham.

On the half-time inquest between his players, Lampard said: “I like that and there should be because you don’t want 11 quiet players who just get on with it and just want to trot out again.

“I said my piece and was pretty firm because you can’t just come here and have nothing about you and think you’re going to get anything. It was ‘can we show something here, lads? Because we have to, we’re Chelsea and we can’t just roll up and not feel like the 3,000 fans who have travelled across London to watch the game’. Then the lads started talking and it was a bit aggressive, which is a good thing.”