‘Taking him off and putting Matt O’Riley in defence isn’t my dream as a manager’ – Roberto De Zerbi explains CJ Egan-Riley mix-up

Whilst the result was yet in the balance between Olympique de Marseille and Atalanta at the Stade Vélodrome on Wednesday evening, eyebrows were raised when CJ Egan-Riley was substituted for Angel Gomes to come in midfield. What was thought as an initial attacking substitution, then saw Brighton loanee Matt O’Riley drop into the back three and Egan-Riley kicking a water bottle in frustration when leaving the pitch – before a heated exchange took place between the Englishman and his…