[Mhiz Rebecca]

Chelsea have escaped a possible points deduction, following their
bench-clearing fracas at the end of their 3-1 win over Manchester
City on December 3.
The brawl started after City striker, Sergio Aguero, lunged into Blues
defender David Luiz. Aguero and Fernandinho were eventually sent
off.
There were reports that the Stamford Bridge side are in danger of
becoming the first top-flight team since 1990, to suffer the grave
consequences .
Manchester United and Arsenal were punished for brawling in 1990
with points deduction and the FA has already warned Chelsea, after
they appealed over the ugly scenes in the London Derby against
Tottenham in May this year.
The conclusion of that panel was that Chelsea could be be docked
points if their players continued to misbehave.
But the FA has decided to fine the Premier League leaders £100,000
and Manchester City £35,000.
An FA statement said: “Following an Independent Regulatory
Commission hearing, Manchester City and Chelsea have been fined
£35,000 and respectively after both admitted a breach of FA Rule
E20(a).
“The two clubs were charged for failing to ensure their players
conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and/or refrained from
provocative behaviour.
“It followed an incident in the 95th minute of the game on Saturday 3
December 2016.”