Nicolas Jackson sent off in the first half. For “serious foul play” Blues striker miss the remainder of the domestic season.

Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson miss the rest of the Premier League campaign. After he had a yellow card upgraded to a straight red against Newcastle United on Sunday afternoon.

Newcastle had taken the lead less than two minutes into this crucial clash for Champions League qualification at St James’ Park. Both clubs started ทางเข้า UFABET สำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ สมัครวันนี้ รับโบนัสฟรี the day in the division’s top five, but any dropped points could prove detrimental with Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest lurking menacingly in sixth and seventh.

Jackson had limite to just seven touches.

Before he made forceful contact with Sven Botman’s chin half an hour into the contest. The pair were ostensibly challenging for a long punt forward, although replays clearly showed Jackson take his eyes off the ball before planting his forearm on the Newcastle centre-back.

On-pitch referee John Brooks initially award Chelsea’s centre-forward a yellow card. The official was quickly usher across to the touch-side monitor.

The Premier League’s official Match Centre explained the sequence of events which led to Jackson’s dismissal: “VAR checked the referee’s call of yellow card to Jackson – and deemed that the challenge by Jackson on Botman was a serious foul play offence, therefore recommended an on-field review. The referee then upgraded the yellow to a red card.”