Chelsea & Bournemouth set bizarre Premier League record after feisty clash

Chelsea's 1-0 win over Bournemouth was etched into the Premier League record books after seeing the most yellow cards in a single game in the competition's history.

Referee Anthony Taylor dished out a whopping 14 cautions in a game which few would describe as ill-tempered, booking eight Chelsea players and showing yellows to six in Bournemouth shirts.

That total does not include yellow cards shown to both managers, Enzo Maresca and Andoni Iraola, for dissent.

The previous record of 13 yellow cards had stood for almost an entire calendar year. Tottenham Hotspur's 2-1 win over Sheffield United on September 16, 2023, featured 13 bookings by referee Peter Bankes.

Chelsea boss Maresca insisted he had no issue with the total of yellow cards shown after the game.

"It's not a problem this amount of yellow cards," he told Sky Sports. "It is what it is.

"I complained about a foul on Wesley Fofana which for me was quite clear but it can happen. Eight yellow cards probably because these sort of games are about duels and fight and this can happen.

"Sometimes the game demands the way you have to behave."

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