Yellow Cards Spree At Chelsea Bournemouth Match

By: Gyang Dakwo

Chelsea and AFC Bournemouth have broken the record for the most yellow cards recorded in a single Premier League game.

Between the two sides, 14 yellow cards were dished out by referee Anthony Taylor. Eight of these bookings were dished out to the Blues as Wesley Fofana, Marc Cucurella, Robert Sanchez, Nicolas Jackson, Levi Colwill, Jadon Sancho, Renato Veiga and Joao Felix all received cautions.

Manager Enzo Maresca was also given a booking in what transpired to be an incident-prone evening. However, Taylor will find himself firmly under the spotlight for his refereeing with many supporters in agreement that the game was not an entirely ill-tempered affair.

Last season, Taylor was demoted to the Championship after he controversially awarded a penalty to Newcastle United for a foul by Wolverhampton forward Hwang Hee-chan. This was later deemed ‘scandalous’ by Wolves’ manager Gary O’Neill.

Due to the amount of bookings Chelsea received, they will likely receive a fine from the FA for failure to control their players. However the Blues may be able to shrug off this fine thanks to being on the right side of the scoreline at the Vitality Stadium.