Gordyola
Well-Known Member
I'm not even sure that's a thing though is it? Persistent fouling on a player? Persistent fouling BY a specific player, yes. But if player x fouls Hazard 5 times, then player y comes along and fouls him once, you can't book player y on the grounds that "well that's the 6th booking on hazard". I think that's bollocks to be honest, and if one of ours is sent off like that on Wednesday night, we'll all be bemoaning corruption within UEFA. I don't think it was a correct sending off, but that just makes it funnier.
A player can be booked, even if it's his first foul, if in the view of the referee it is part of a series of targeted fouls by a team on an opposition player, this is exactly what Oliver was telling the rags captain a second before. Cahill confirmed post match that the Chelsea players were complaining about it