Phil Hay shares what FA told Leeds United after post-match scuffle v Chelsea
Phil Hay has shared what the FA have told Leeds United after their 3-2 defeat against Chelsea on Saturday afternoon (12th December).
The Whites have been charged for failing to control their players after the second penalty was conceded in injury time at Stamford Bridge.
Hay has shared that the scuffle after the match has been ignored, but both clubs have been warned and reminded of their responsibilities.
Writing on his personal Twitter account this afternoon, Hay shared what the FA told both clubs about the Stamford Bridge altercation.
“In addition, both clubs warned and reminded of their responsibilities over the confrontation between players at full-time,” he wrote.
Double standards.
Players surround the officials every single week, but clubs outside of the top six in the Premier League are the only ones who are charged.
Chelsea did the exact same thing after Marcos Alonso’s foul on Dan James in the box, but where is their charge?
Ben Jones shared the perfect image of that on his personal Twitter account too after Hay shared the news.
The contradiction is awful, just look at the post-match scuffle – Antonio Rudiger charges the length of the field to go for Junior Firpo, and after he walks away, he switches his attention to Diego Llorente.
The German needed to be restrained by more than one player, it took Romelu Lukaku and Raphinha in the end – how is that not “failing” to ensure your players act in an orderly fashion?
Time to move on, but the FA needs to work on consistency – what a surprise.
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