According to reports Chelsea will be reportedly slapped with a £50,000 fine by the FA for receiving six yellow cards in their Premier League clash against Nottingham Forest on Sunday, The match ended in a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.
Moisés Caicedo received the first booking of the match, while Nottingham Forest’s James Ward-Prowse the game’s second yellow card for committing a foul on Cole Palmer in the 36th minute. Then, Cole Palmer was awarded a yellow card for dissent in the 75th minute.
Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest were reduced to ten men after James Ward-Prowse was shown his second booking in the 78th minute for handling the ball to prevent Nicolas Jackson from countering.
After then, Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella and Levi Colwill, along with Nottingham Forest’s Neco Williams, were booked by Chris Kavanagh in the 89th minute for a scuffle involving the trio.
Forest shot-stopper Matz Sels was given a yellow card for time wasting in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage-time.
Chelsea new singing Pedro Neto was also booked for committing a foul on Nicolás Domínguez three minutes later, Wesley Fofana was shown the sixth yellow card for the home side for a foul on Jota Silva in the 12th minute of stoppage time.
Now, it’s reported that the FA will charge Chelsea a penalty of £50,000 for the bookings, which is also their second offence this season.
As reoffenders, that is double the £25,000 punishment paid by the Blues for receiving six or more cautions in last month’s trip to Bournemouth, while Marc Cucurella and Wesley Fofana are both now banned for Chelsea’s next match with Liverpool after becoming the Premier League’s first players to rack up five yellows this season.
Moreover, Nicolas Jackson will hope to escape retrospective punishment for seemingly shoving Forest’s Morato in the face during one manic melee after VAR decided it was not violent conduct.
