£100,000 and £30,000 on Chelsea and Manchester
City respectively after an ugly confrontation in the
teams' Premier League match at the Etihad
Stadium earlier this month.
Antonio Conte's Chelsea recorded an important 3-1
win in the match to lay down a marker in the fight
for the Premier League title.
The game ended on a sour note when City were
reduced to nine men. Sergio Aguero was shown a
straight red card for an ugly lunge on David Luiz,
which earned him a four-match ban.
Aguero's tackle led to a bench-clearing melee and,
following the ensuing scuffle, Fernandinho was
sent off after grabbing Cesc Fabregas by the throat
and pushing the Spaniard over the advertising
hoardings.
The hearing took place on Tuesday, resulting in
punishments being imposed on the two clubs.
"Following an Independent Regulatory Commission
hearing, Manchester City and Chelsea have been
fined £35,000 and £100,000 respectively after both
admitted a breach of FA Rule E20(a)," the FA said
in a statement.
"The two clubs were charged for failing to ensure
their players conducted themselves in an orderly
fashion and/or refrained from provocative
behaviour.
"It followed an incident in the 95th minute of the
game on Saturday 3 December 2016."
A three-man panel of former elite referees had
already decided that Fabregas' indiscretion was
not worthy of a red card, meaning the former
Arsenal midfielder did not face retrospective action
for his part in the coming together with
Fernandinho.
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