Chelsea
and Leicester have been fined £22,500 each for failing to control their
players in the latter stages of their Premier League game at Stamford
Bridge.
A mass brawl broke out just before the final whistle on May 18 as Thomas
Tuchel's side beat the Foxes 2-1 at Stamford Bridge to make amends for their
FA Cup final defeat to Brendan Rodgers' team just three days earlier.
Tempers flared in stoppage time when Ricardo Pereira fouled former Leicester
defender Ben Chilwell and many players and substitutes from either side got
involved in the fracas.
Both clubs had until May 25 to respond to the FA charge but admitted to
breaching the rules.
An FA spokesperson statement read: "Chelsea and Leicester City have been
fined £22,500 each after admitting a breach of FA Rule E20.1 following their
Premier League fixture on Tuesday 18 May 2021.
"The clubs admitted that they failed to ensure their players and club
officials conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and refrained from
provocative behaviour during the 93rd minute of the fixture."
The win for the Blues helped earn a top-four spot, which was secured on the
final day of the campaign with results elsewhere going in their favour after
they fell to a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa.
Leicester meanwhile missed out on a place in the Champions League for next
season after losing to Tottenham by a 4-2 scoreline on the last day of the
season.
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