Pedro Neto has been given a purple card for a second yellow after scything down Gabriel Martinelli on the counter assault.
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Chelsea are down to 10 males as they begin to implode on the Emirates. Pedro Neto had simply been given a yellow for dissent a couple of minutes earlier than, then determined to make a loopy deal with to attempt to cease a counter. He didn’t even handle to do this, hilariously.
Neto will now be banned for the sport towards Aston Villa subsequent week, in a recreation the place fellow wingers Estevao and Jamie Gittens may even be lacking. So it’s a chunk of stupidity that goes past these ultimate 20 minutes.
You can see the incident within the clip embedded right here:
Pedro Neto will get a second yellow. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
Neto has change into the seventh Chelsea participant to be despatched off this season within the Premier League alone, and the ninth in all competitions We can’t wait to be informed after this recreation, for the fortieth time in three seasons, that this Chelsea staff doesn’t have an issue with self-discipline.
Some of those gamers are completely embarrassing themselves. These aren’t the 18 12 months olds getting despatched off, these are severe gamers. This membership received’t go anyplace till they get severe about this.
Chelsea had received again into the sport with a goal from a corner – however they’ve now thrown that each one away.
Liam Rosenior was being teased before the game by the fourth official about his complaints within the EFL Cup recreation final month.
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