The
Football Association has told Sky Sports News HQ that Gary Cahill is
unlikely to face any disciplinary action for his criticism of referee Andre
Marriner following Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Swansea.
Gylfi Sigurdsson had just cancelled out a Diego Costa opener when Leroy Fer
robbed Cahill and beat Thibaut Courtois to put Swansea in front in the
Premier League game at the Liberty Stadium.
Cahill was angry that Fer's challenge was not deemed a foul by Marriner and
took to Twitter to vent his frustration, posting a video of the incident
accompanied with the word "incredible" and a series of angry-faced emojis.
The England defender later deleted his tweet, but in a post-match interview
with the BBC he claimed the officials could have been "sat on the moon" and
still spotted the offence.
He said: "It's a clear foul. Come on, seriously. It was clear as day and
seeing it back has made me even more angry.
"I said to the referee 'there's three of you that can see that'. There were
two fouls on me and between the officials they have said that they couldn't
see it. For me that is incredible."
However, the FA have told SSNHQ that players or managers can criticise an
official's performance and decisions as long as they don't imply bias,
question their integrity or make offensive, personal comments.
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