No FA charge for Essien

The Football Association have announced Chelsea's Michael Essien will face no further action over his tackle on Tal Ben Haim during the game with Bolton on Saturday. Referee Rob Styles issued Essien with a yellow card at the time and agreed to look at the incident again on video, after the Bolton manager was crying about the tackle for hours after the match. However Referee Rob Styles did admit that he would have shown Michael Essien a red card had he seen the incident from another angle. Like that would have made a real big difference to the match outcome, at the most Chelsea would have won 4 – 1, instead of 5 – 1.

The FA did approach FIFA to ascertain whether any further disciplinary action should be taken. FIFA informed the FA that in such cases the referee's decision is final and cannot be changed retrospectively.

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