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Maresca banned for Everton clash aft touchline celebration
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca volition beryllium absent from the touchline for his side's Premier League location crippled against Everton connected Saturday aft receiving a one-match suspension.
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The Italian tactician was shown a yellowish paper by referee Anthony Taylor during the exuberant celebrations that followed Pedro Neto's melodramatic 93rd-minute victor against Fulham astatine Craven Cottage connected Sunday.
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Chelsea had trailed their westbound London rivals earlier a precocious comeback saw Tyrique George equalize and Neto snatch a captious triumph successful the dying moments.
The scenes connected the Chelsea seat were ones of axenic elation, with the coaching unit and substitutes spilling onto the transportation to observe the decisive goal.
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Speaking aft the match, Maresca explained his reaction, “I was precise happy, archetypal of each due to the fact that it's a bully feeling to triumph the crippled astatine the extremity but I deliberation it was a infinitesimal for the players due to the fact that they merit to stock that infinitesimal with the fans.
"So this is the crushed wherefore I near the transportation instantly and past erstwhile we scored the 2nd 1 I celebrated and this is the crushed wherefore they gave maine a yellowish card.”
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However, this caution was Maresca's 3rd yellowish paper of the season, triggering an automatic one-match touchline ban. He had antecedently been booked successful matches against Bournemouth and Newcastle.
As a result, adjunct manager Willy Caballero volition instrumentality complaint of the squad from the method country erstwhile Chelsea big Everton astatine Stamford Bridge connected Saturday. Maresca volition beryllium forced to ticker the crippled from the stands arsenic his broadside looks to physique connected their caller triumph and solidify their propulsion for Champions League qualification.
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