TORRES MIGHT FACE A FOUR-MATCH BAN
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Torres might face a four-match ban for gouging and scratching Jan Vertonghen’s
face in a development sure to enrage Chelsea and their manager Jose Mourinho.
Ref of the day, Mike Dean showed Torres his first yellow card for a trip on Spurs defender Vertonghen, not for raising his hands in the confrontation which followed. None of Dean’s assistants saw the flashpoint and the referee will report these facts to the FA’s disciplinary department today.
From there, it will be immediately passed to a new panel of three ex-referees, who will judge whether the scratching offence deserves a red card for violent conduct.
If they decide it does, Torres will be banned for three games in addition to the automatic one-match ban for his red card.
The Chelsea striker would miss Premier League games against Norwich, Cardiff and Manchester City and the Capital One Cup tie against Arsenal, although he would be free to play in Europe.
An extended ban will infuriate Torres, who was aggrieved to be sent off nine minutes from time when Dean dismissed him with a second yellow card for what replays suggested was a fair aerial challenge, again with Vertonghen.
Ref of the day, Mike Dean showed Torres his first yellow card for a trip on Spurs defender Vertonghen, not for raising his hands in the confrontation which followed. None of Dean’s assistants saw the flashpoint and the referee will report these facts to the FA’s disciplinary department today.
From there, it will be immediately passed to a new panel of three ex-referees, who will judge whether the scratching offence deserves a red card for violent conduct.
If they decide it does, Torres will be banned for three games in addition to the automatic one-match ban for his red card.
The Chelsea striker would miss Premier League games against Norwich, Cardiff and Manchester City and the Capital One Cup tie against Arsenal, although he would be free to play in Europe.
An extended ban will infuriate Torres, who was aggrieved to be sent off nine minutes from time when Dean dismissed him with a second yellow card for what replays suggested was a fair aerial challenge, again with Vertonghen.
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