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The Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard was banned for three matches after receiving a red card in the League Cup semi-final against Swansea a few days ago. His red card was given on the account of kicking a ball boy for not returning the ball quickly enough. However, the English Football Association have confirmed that they will be reviewing the footage once again and will possibly give the player a higher level of ban retrospectively. However, the Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez has confirmed that the club will be appealing against any increase in the ban because they think that the current ban is sufficient.

Hazard served the first match of his suspension in the recent FA Cup fourth-round match against Brentford. Chelsea managed to secure a 2-2 draw from the match, which has given them the opportunity to take the game into a replay. Brentford were easily the better team in the match, as they took good advantage of the home support. However, two goals from Chelsea in the second half helped them to earn a replay that will take place at Stamford Bridge. Oscar scored the first equaliser for Chelsea before Fernando Torres scored a late equaliser once again after Brentford had gone ahead.

“At the moment, we will accept that three games is enough. So we will see what happens. For a player that was in a cup competition, with this intensity and in the way that things are going on, I think that a three-game ban is enough. I have a lot of images but I think that, for a professional, and for the club, we have already lost the player at the end of the game, we will lose the player at least for three games. I think it’s enough,” said Benitez after the 2-2 draw, which piles more fixtures in front of him.