Ted Hughes wrote:Here's Mark Halsey's opinion:
"The first incident [with Can] was definitely deliberate. Both officials will be disappointed they missed it," said Halsey,
"What will happen now is, the FA compliance officers would have seen that last night, listened to all the comments, and they will speak to the match officials this morning and ask, 'did you see the incident?' If they say, 'no, we did not see the incident' then the FA will ask what they would have done and Michael Oliver will say 'well, obviously we would have dismissed him for violent conduct.' If that happens this morning, the FA will then charge Diego Costa."
This is what Mourinho was working on during the game & even afterwards, not the penalty appeals etc. Everything designed to put pressure on the officials & Phil Dowd helping him cover it up at half time.
Let's see if Oliver has the balls to say he would have taken action.
Sky have just confirmed that if charges are brought and Chelsea appeal, the fast tracked process will ensure the appeal takes place before the game on Saturday.
Also and I didnt know this... Because its the "league Cup" the decision is with the match officials only and nobody else. If this was in the prem or the FA cup then a 3 man panel would be responsible. Therefore, its all down to Oliver, but they still have the Clattenburg effect with them on Saturday.