Thibaut Courtois: Chelsea’s red card appeal rejected by FA

They scored twice in the first half, but neither goal was crafted by Chelsea genius, but was, instead, the result of fortune.

“You have to know you have one player less and to assist a player you must be sure he has a serious problem”.

Oscar opened the scoring for Chelsea in the 23rd minute before Andre Ayew replied in the 29th with a debut goal.

Jose Mourinho was clearly frustrated to see his side struggle to cope with a Swansea side that looked to have improved further following last year’s successful 8th placed finish.

Former Stoke City star Begovic was beaten by Bafetimbi Gomis’ resultant penalty and the game ended in a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge which was not the most optimal of beginnings at a new club.

However, Chelsea’s request has been turned down by the FA on Tuesday after Independent Regulatory Commission could not find any wrong doing from the match referee.

Chelsea are fortunate to have a capable backup goalkeeper in the form of Asmir Begovic, but Courtois is one of the best in the world now, and the Sky Blues have more than enough attacking talent to take advantage of the situation.

“He’s very happy with the reaction of his body after such a hard game”, the Portuguese manager added. He tweeted: “Red card, not the start I expected”.

“No, it’s just because (it’s) the first time I can control myself!” he said.

Because they had gone on to the pitch, Hazard had to come off – and that left Chelsea briefly down to nine men.

“We were magnificent. Everyone contributed for 90 minutes”, he said.

Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester City beat Sunderland 4-2, while Crystal Palace earned a controversial 3-1 win at Norwich City.

“I don’t want to talk about it”, the Chelsea boss is quoted as saying by the BBC.

Monk believes that Jonjo can play for England again and this is certainly the case.