Both Manchester City and Chelsea have been charged with failing to control their players in the bad-tempered conclusion to Saturday’s Premier League clash.
According to a statement released moments ago by the Football Association, both clubs have until December 8 at 1800 to respond to the charges.
FA statement following Saturday’s clash with Chelsea.
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— Manchester City (@ManCity) December 5, 2016
The statement read: “Both Manchester City and Chelsea have been charged for failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and/or refrained from provocative behaviour.
“It follows an incident in the 95th minute of the game on Saturday (December 3, 2016).
“Meanwhile, Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas will not face any further action in relation to an incident involving City’s Fernandinho.
“Off the ball incidents which are not seen at the time by the match officials are referred to a panel of three former elite referees.
“Each referee panel member will review the video footage independently of one another to determine whether they consider it a sending-off offence.
“For retrospective action to be taken, and an FA charge to follow, the decision of the panel must be unanimous.”
Recall that City striker Sergio Aguero was shown a straight red card for a reckless tackle on Chelsea defender David Luiz, prompting the furious finale at the end of Chelsea’s 3-1 win at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
As a result, City midfielder Fernandinho was sent off for shoving Fabregas and now serves a three-match ban.
Aguero is banned for four matches, having already served a three-match suspension for violent conduct earlier this season.
However, Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has avoided sanction for apparently striking Fernandinho during the bench-clearing melee.
