Wesley Fofana has been given a red card after picking up a second yellow for a nasty – and foolish – tackle on Burnley’s James Ward-Prowse.
This was already a nervy game. Now it’s going to be a horrible last 20 minutes.
Chelsea had scored an early goal but couldn’t find the second. Several chances were wasted, but they were still in charge. Now the worst possible things has happened – the Blues have been reduced to ten men.
Wesley Fofana was booked in the first half, and has now been handed a second yellow.
It was just so unnecessary. James Ward-Prowse was under pressure and actually playing the ball backwards to his defenders. For some reason, Fofana decided to lunge in at that moment, and he didn’t come close to the ball. The Frenchman just got a chunk of Ward-Prose instead.
It wasn’t a deliberate action to plant his studs into the midfielder’s ankle – but he took the risk it might happen when it really wasn’t needed.
You can see the incident in the clips embedded here:
WESLEY FOFANA RED CARD!! CHELSEA 10 PEMAINpic.twitter.com/dr1sGWnnQv
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Foolish Fofana gets it all wrong with immature decision
Fofana is supposed to be the mature, senior defender out there. This discipline problem runs through the whole team it seems.
To make things worse, Fofana will now be banned for the Arsenal game next Sunday. What a disaster for the Blues. If they drop points now, it could prove to be a very costly decision.
In other news…
One piece of bad news today was the injury to Estevao. Liam Rosenior gave an update on that issue before kick off this afternoon.
Chelsea took the lead through Joao Pedro, who put the finishing touches on a flowing move up the pitch involving Pedro Neto and Moises Caicedo.
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This group of players don’t know what they are doing . They will miss UCL next season for their vulnerability . He is in yellow card why not being subs … They cause all points from Leeds to Burnley . I don’t think they will beat arsenal and Liverpool for their next games . I said play Neto in the middle not in the wing . This group are naive , lack of consistency and concentration they are weak and soft . They know the important of 3 points every game but they still naive playing . They ask for pay rise but couldn’t win games . Chelsea needs UCL but players are not professional enough . Rosenior should have subs Wesley , he is aggressive in defending that was the way he gets red card . They are lack of concentration . What a frustration to us Chelsea fans seeing this group of player’s so called talents but not winning games against lower team . I am sure the way they play they won’t qualified for UCL . They’re not tough to win games . Man utd and Liverpool is around winning games . Not good enough, bad results . Chelsea midfield needs a pacey players and goal scorer don’t depend on strikers . Every game always mistakes mistakes mistakes …. Keep the players who wants to play for the club and have a strong mentality and physically to win not soft . What a frustration , giving enough rest and look what happened . Bad bad bad actions . I don’t expect they will win their next games . Wasted opportunity to win those games .