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English Premier League: Chelsea and Man City fined

Football

By The Standard | Dec 15, 2016

Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas, left, Gary Cahill, centre and Chelsea's Thibaut Courtois, right, clash with Manchester City's Kelechi Iheanacho, 2nd left, after Manchester City's Sergio Aguero tackled Chelsea's David Luiz during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Chelsea have been fined £100,000 (Sh12.8m) and Manchester City must pay £35,000 after players from both teams clashed during their Premier League meeting at Etihad Stadium earlier this month. Tempers flared at the end of Chelsea‘s 3-1 win, after City‘s Sergio Aguero was sent off for a tackle on David Luiz. Aguero‘s team-mate Fernandinho was also dismissed, after grabbing Cesc Fabregas as the two teams confronted each other. Chelsea had previously been warned they could face a points deduction. The Premier League leaders have been fined six times since February 2015 for failing to control their players. After the Blues were fined a record £375,000 — reduced to £290,000 on appeal — in the wake of an ill-tempered meeting with Tottenham in May, the Football Association appeal board warned “the time cannot be too far distant when... the only proper sanction is a points deduction”.