Chelsea hit with eye-watering fine after setting unwanted record in Newcastle win

Chelsea defeated Newcastle connected Sunday but their triumph was soured somewhat by the quality that they volition beryllium handed a hefty good by the FA pursuing a bid of clashes with referee Simon Hooper

Chelsea volition beryllium deed with a £75,000 good aft they became the archetypal squad successful Premier League past to person six oregon much yellowish cards successful 3 games successful 1 season.

The Blues hosted Newcastle astatine Stamford Bridge connected Sunday, with goals from Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson handing them each 3 points. But they besides had a bid of run-ins with referee Simon Hooper.

A full of six players, as good arsenic manager Enzo Maresca, were booked by Hooper. Defender Wesley Fofana went into the publication aft conscionable 11 minutes earlier Romeo Lavia followed him soon aft the break.

Noni Madueke followed 9 minutes aboriginal earlier Robert Sanchez and Pedro Neto were booked successful speedy succession successful the last 10 minutes. To wrapper up their ill-disciplined day, some Maresca and Christopher Nkunku were shown a yellowish successful wounded time.

That comes aft games against Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest wherever Chelsea besides saw six oregon much players booked. The FA handed retired a £25,000 good aft the triumph implicit the Cherries successful September.

That was past upped to a £50,000 good aft the Forest clash. And Mirror Football has confirmed that the Blues tin expect different hefty good which volition somewhat sour Sunday's win.

In a statement, the FA said: This volition beryllium a £75k good for Chelsea for 6+ cautioned successful today's crippled (third multi-participant misconduct of the season)."

Palmer had an aboriginal extremity ruled retired by the VAR earlier Jackson fired location to manus the Blues the pb 18 minutes in. Alexander Isak levelled the people with a tap-in conscionable aft the half-hour mark.

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But Palmer past stepped up to assertion each 3 points for the hosts erstwhile helium fired the shot past Nick Pope from conscionable wrong the punishment area. And Maresca was blessed with his side's efforts.

"It was a antithetic benignant of crippled compared to the rest. We cognize however beardown they are and however bully they are. We had immoderate bully moments connected the ball, precise blessed overall," helium told Sky Sports.

"I americium ever concerned. We tin onslaught amended and support better. We started 3 months agone truthful I americium precise blessed wherever we are now. The important happening is the feeling is good. We play 9 games already. I americium not looking astatine the array astatine the moment.

"If you bash that sometimes you tin beryllium confused. The players are knowing each time what we are moving for. The fans tin bask and dream. Us arsenic a nine and arsenic players, we request to recognize determination are galore things we tin bash better."

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