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MAURIZIO SARRI copped some stick from Chelsea fans after hauling off Gonzalo Higuain at Bournemouth.

The Blues manager was booed by travelling fans for his decision to cut short the Argentine striker's debut.

 Gonzalo Higuain was hauled off 65 minutes into his Premier League debut
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 Gonzalo Higuain was hauled off 65 minutes into his Premier League debutCredit: Reuters
 Olivier Giroud came on to replace Gonzalo Higuain for the final exchanges
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Olivier Giroud came on to replace Gonzalo Higuain for the final exchangesCredit: PA:Press Association

Higuain made his Premier League debut after completing his loan move from Juventus last week.

But he was hooked off in the 65th minute despite Chelsea being 2-0 down on the south coast.

Olivier Giroud came on in Higuain's place, and that decision was met with anger from Chelsea supporters.

The away end jeered and booed the decision to take the Argentine off.

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Maurizio Sarri is coming under increasing pressure at ChelseaCredit: Reuters
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Bournemouth inflicted more misery on Chelsea on Wednesday nightCredit: Reuters
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And there were also chants of 'you don't know what you're doing' aimed at the Blues boss.

Chelsea fell to a miserable 4-0 defeat against Bournemouth to lose their grip on fourth place.

Josh King scored twice while David Brooks and Charlie Daniels added the other goals in a harrowing defeat for the Blues.

Sarri laid into his flops again after the match having locked them in the dressing room for 50 minutes.

The Italian manager kicked his back-room staff - including assistant manager Gianfranco Zola - out of the changing room.

He then emerged for his post-match press conference and admitted: "I'm not able to motivate these players. We need to play with a different mentality.

"We stopped playing. We didn't play like a team. It's difficult to understand why.

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