Tottenham and Chelsea may yet face retrospective action from the Football Association, with Mousa Dembele particularly likely to receive a rebuke after he appeared to claw his fingers down Diego Costa’s face during a skirmish at the end of the first half.
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Chelsea and Spurs have until May 9 at 1800BST to respond to three breaches of failing to control their players.
That intensity though was poorly controlled as several incidences in the game caused players to clash during and after the game. “But I thought Spurs were probably the best team this season”. We need to learn a lot for next season. More people became involved and we shuffled around. We crossed the line, maybe yes. That’s what Ranieri always told us.
“It was a game that everything that happened on the pitch should stay on the pitch, for me. We’ve got a great bunch of lads, a great manager, great staff and we’ve just got to keep that and keep moving forward”.
For Leicester to win the title is one thing, doing it with two games to spare makes this achievement even more impressive, especially considering they had long since blazed clear of the usual big-spending title contenders from Manchester and London.
But with a two-all draw, Leicester would win the Premier League title and can now lift up the trophy in front of their fans at the King Power Stadium this Saturday following their fixture against Everton.
After a goalless first half of play, scoring began with a low left-footed shot by Austrian forward Marko Arnautovic off a header assist from teammate Peter Crouch at the 50th minute of the match.
After Tottenham complete the EPL season with matches against Southampton on Sunday and Newcastle United on May 15, Son is expected to join the South Korean men’s Olympic football team in July.
“This season we have shown we are not a nice team to play”. “We can be disappointed because we started to dream about this title but if we keep the same mentality and energy, we will be ready to compete for the next few years”.
Chelsea winger Eden Hazard (middle) competes for the ball against two Tottenham Hotspur defenders.
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Regarding Dembele’s conduct, an FA statement said: “It is alleged the player’s behaviour constituted violent conduct in circumstances where the standard punishment of three matches that would otherwise apply is clearly insufficient”.
