Chelsea can be pressured to pay one more FA high quality – this time price £75,000 – after changing into the primary staff in Premier League historical past to select up six or extra cautions in three separate video games in a season.
Six is the magic quantity for initiating a high quality from the English soccer authorities. Chelsea needed to pay £25,000 after passing that restrict in a 1-0 win at Bournemouth in September, after which £50,000 after they reoffended in 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest in October.
This 2-1 victory over Newcastle noticed Chelsea decide up six playing cards – seven when you embrace the one proven to Enzo Maresca – so they’ll now have at hand over £75,000. That takes their complete outlay for cautions to a whopping £150,000 this season.
None of these matches involving Chelsea felt significantly ‘soiled’, with the PGMOL’s referees this season seemingly adopting a no-nonsense method when officiating video games.
Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea aspect have picked up extra yellow playing cards than every other staff this season
Chelsea at present sit prime of the Premier League’s yellow card desk on 36
The Blues have already needed to pay fines this season for in poor health self-discipline in Premier League clashes
Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was a kind of cautioned for time-wasting right here, whereas Wesley Fofana picked up a yellow for the sixth Premier League recreation operating.
Chelsea at present sit prime of the Premier League’s yellow card desk on 36, leaving them on target to beat their very own undesirable report set underneath Mauricio Pochettino final season with 105.
