Swansea v Chelsea

[Jamesey]

Well done Swansea! A great performance over the two legs.

I used to go and watch them at the Vetch while I was studying, so they're the closest thing to my home team in the Premier League!

But I think Hazard was unlucky to get sent off for kicking the ball out from under the ball boy. The kid was blatantly wasting time, so he deserved what he got!

[KeithD]

The kid was blatantly wasting time, so he deserved what he got!

Regardless of the fact the lad was being a 'pleb' , you do not go kicking a 17yo lad while he is on the ground, that is the issue, nothing to do with the fact he was trying to the ball!!

If Federer ran over to a ball boy in tennis, puched him over and then kicked him in the ribs live on TV, you can bet Federer would have the book thrown at him, but because this Hazard is involved in football thuggery seems to be acceptable for some reason . Knock over a 17yo lad in the street and kick him in the ribs in front of the general public and CCTV, and you'd get nicked.

[Jamesey]

you do not go kicking a 17yo lad while he is on the ground

He didn't just go up and kick the kid when he was lying on the ground! He just toe punted the ball out from underneath him.

I'm not a fan of Hazard or Chelsea, but in this case it's "six of one and half a dozen of the other". The ball boy was being stupid and Hazard's response was unprofessional, but not malicious.

By all accounts they both apologised to eachother afterwards, so as far as I'm concerned that's the issue closed.