The Chelsea skipper was seen to be in discussion with one supporter in the West Stand after we suffered a third straight home defeat last Wednesday, with the Gunners running out 4-2 victors.

Azpi says his disappointment over both the team’s performance and his own individual outing contributed to his frustrations post-match.

The Spaniard was adjudged to have brought down Bukayo Saka in the penalty area by referee Jon Moss in the remaining minutes of the match, and Azpi says this accentuated his feelings after the full-time whistle.

‘It looked worse than it was, I agree with that, because it was at the end of the game and I was angry with my performance, the result, the penalty and everything else. I spotted him in the crowd but it was nothing personal with him,’ Azpi says.

‘It was just an exchange of words and it looked worse than it was. We spoke clearly and he said that he wanted to see more fight from the team, and he was right.

‘I expressed my view of that in this moment everybody was having a moment of difficulty, we were having less people in the stadium. We were in a moment of difficulty and we needed to push altogether in the same direction,’ he adds.

Chelsea bounced back in another London derby just days later with a 90th minute winner against West Ham and Azpilicueta reveals he made up with the fan post-match by offering him his armband.

‘The other day after the game I saw him again, I gave him the captain's armband,' added Cesar. 'When there is respect and I'm the first to look at the images, it's not really me, I was really angry.’