Chelsea And Nottingham Forest On The Verge Of FA Sanctions In The Aftermath Of Fights Between Players

The commotion between Chelsea players and Nottingham Forest (doc. The Sun).

JAKARTA - Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest match in the seventh week of the 2024/2025 Premier League at Stamford Bridge, Sunday, October 6, 2024, ended in chaos.

In the final minutes leading up to dispersal, the fierce match turned into a mass fight involving players and coaches of both teams.

The riot in the 88th minute was triggered by Neco Williams who pushed defender Marc Cucurella in the technical area of manager Enzo Maresca.

The Sun's exclusive footage shows a moment when emotions peak in front of the dressing room.

Members of the dressing room staff, both managers and substitutes, even entered the field and continued the commotion.

In that confusion, there is Nicolas Jackson who has actually been replaced by Christopher Nkunku in the 81st minute.

He was caught involved in a commotion. In fact, Jackso was caught slapping the face of Nottingham Forest player Morato.

Jackson was then dragged by his team-mates to cool the situation. Luckily, he managed to avoid a yellow card after referee Chris Kavanagh calmed the situation down.

On the other hand, Williams, Marc Cucurella, and Levi Colwill were given yellow cards.

Meanwhile, VAR referee Jarred Gillett saw Jackson make contact with Morato, but left it alone. However, that doesn't mean the FA will stand still.

The fierce match saw the hosts Chelsea receive six yellow cards. The record is the second time this season. The Blues now have to pay a fine of 50,000 pounds.

In addition to the potential sentence for individual players, the FA appears to be sanctioning Chelsea and Nottingham Forest for failing to control their players.

Maresca Doesn't Care

The funny thing is, Enzo Maresca doesn't really care about the chaos and discipline of his troops.

According to him, the most important thing is that he can see the struggle of players on the field to fight at the top of the Premier League standings.

"I love this team, the way they fight. I like the way they become a team. I don't see any problems with that."

"Do I prefer it if something like that happens? I like the team spirit. I don't see any problems."

"I was in my area, so I was where I should be. In terms of emotion, the team struggled together. Someone tried to kick me, I fell."

"If you ask me about the team spirit, the way they fight together, I am very happy," said Maresca as reported by The Sun.

Chelsea only got one point when they hosted Nottingham Forest with a final score of 1-1.

The visitors first scored in the 49th minute through Chris Wood. Noni Madueke then equalized in the 57th minute.

The Blues actually have a chance at the end of 12 minutes of normal time. They lead the number of players after James Ward-Prowse was shown a red card.

Unfortunately, the advantage of the number of players could not be used by Chelsea to score the winning goal.