Tottenham has been issued a fine of £225,000 and Chelsea £375,000 for breaching FA Rule E20, “failure to control their players and/or officials”.
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Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur have been fined by the Football Association after failing to control their players in an ill-tempered match at Stamford Bridge earlier this month.
An FA statement said the fines are for “incidents which occurred in the 45th and 87th minutes, and also at the end of their fixture at Stamford Bridge”.
Belgium midfielder Dembele, 28, appeared to eye-gouge Chelsea forward Diego Costa.
There were 12 yellow cards in total and Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino at one stage rushed onto the pitch to separate Tottenham’s Danny Rose and Chelsea’s Willian. So it’s not that Chelsea were nastier than Spurs were in this match, but that they’ve been consistently nastier than Spurs over the course of the past two seasons.
Spurs collected nine yellow cards during the match, which was drawn 2-2 and ended their title challenge.
The FA has warned both clubs as to their future conduct. For their efforts, after admitting the charge of failing to control their players (Rule E20), they were levied a new record fine of £225,000.
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The Blues were fined a larger amount having previously breached the FA rule on mass confrontations four times since November 2014.
