Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic is at the centre of a violent conduct storm following Wednesday night's dramatic win over Everton.
In the aftermath of Gareth Barry's dismissal, the Serbian had James McCarthy in a headlock and appeared to attempt a headbutt in the midfielder's direction.
Post-match images seemingly showed Ivanovic biting the Everton midfielder, who picked up a booking while the Chelsea man escaped without a card.
Moments
later, Willian struck a last-gasp winner to hand Chelsea all three
points, with Ivanovic involved in the build-up, leaving Toffees boss
Roberto Martinez furious that he was still on the pitch.
"My
players were really upset about that. It's the reaction of the Chelsea
players you don't like. Ivanovic grabs James McCarthy by the throat,"
said the Spaniard.
Martinez added: “If you look at the images Ivanovic’s behaviour is
wrong. He grabs him around the neck in a forceful manner then puts his
head against him when James McCarthy didn’t react and if you want to be
on top of the laws, that’s a red card."
“If you want to analyse
that action (when it leads to the goal) it’s even more hurtful. You just
don’t want to see teams winning games in that manner.”
Blues
boss Jose Mourinho played down the incident, instead opting to praise
the officials for their decision to disallow Nemanja Matic's strike for
offside.
He said: "Did Branislav Ivanovic go in with his head? Don't make me laugh. Don't make me laugh."
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