Chelsea and Everton have been charged by the Football Association
after players from both teams were involved in an on-pitch incident.
The clubs are charged with failing to ensure their players conducted themselves properly.
Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic will not face any
further action after he clashed with Everton midfielder James McCarthy
in the 86th minute.
Jose Mourinho's side won 1-0
in Wednesday's Premier League game.
But there was controversy late on as Everton had Gareth
Barry sent off for a second bookable offence after he tripped Willian.
That foul sparked a melee during which Ivanovic locked
his arm around McCarthy's neck and then pushed his head towards the
midfielder.
After the game, Toffees' boss Roberto Martinez claimed the Chelsea player should have been dismissed for the contact.
"Ivanovic's behaviour is wrong," said Martinez. "He
grabs McCarthy around his neck in a very forceful manner, then puts his
head against him. James McCarthy doesn't react.
"If you want to be on top of the law, that's a red card and we got nothing out of that moment."
In Premier League matches if an incident has not been
seen by the match officials a three-man panel of former referees review
it after the game and advise if any action should be taken.
The FA said: "For an FA charge to follow, all three
panel members must agree it is a sending-off offence. In this instance,
the panel did not believe the conduct was worthy of a dismissal. "
The full charge facing both teams is that they 'failed
to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion
and/or refrained from provocative behaviour'.
No comments:
Post a Comment