Willy Caballero insists the Chelsea squad are “more together than ever” following Kepa Arrizabalaga’s row with manager Maurizio Sarri.
Blues goalkeeper Kepa defied Sarri by refusing to be substituted in second-half extra time against Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final, which his side lost 4-3 on penalties.
Sarri was incensed on the touchline and subsequently fined his player a week’s wages and dropped him for Cabellero in Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Tottenham on Wednesday night.
Cabellero, who made his first league start of the season against Spurs, said: “It was a strange situation that everybody has to watch. We had to pass it. I had to live with it, we had to live with it. But everybody that was involved in what happened, learned something.
“This just brings something good in the atmosphere of the team, that’s the good news, that we went through this.
“We have spent the last few days in good harmony, trying to talk about things and how to beat Spurs, and we did it.
“What happened was probably very important because it was in a final, but it doesn’t matter. We improved a lot and we are more together than ever.
“We spoke about it after the incident and it was good to have a chat with him. I think he learned lot from what happened, we learned a lot as a team and as a club.
“The good news is that we are more involved in this. You need to be involved for sure. Sometimes these things put players apart but in this case we are more together than ever.”
Kepa was forced to watch from the bench as Caballero had little to do against Spurs.
The former Manchester City goalkeeper revealed Kepa has been “supporting” him since Sunday’s final.
He added: “We make mistakes because we are human beings, we are people. That’s it.
“This can be the same for top players or experienced players, we make mistakes in our lives, in our jobs.
“The good result of this is we have found a lot of people near to him to help him.
“We trained very well the next day to prepare for the game. The boss decided to put me in the goal and Kepa was supporting me in the warm-up and everything so I think we are in good harmony.
“We must keep going like this because as keepers we must support each other.”