Eden Hazard was today facing an extended ban for kicking out at a ball boy after the Football Association charged him over his sending-off in Chelsea's Capital One Cup exit at Swansea.
Belgian playmaker Hazard was already set to serve an automatic three-match suspension for his red card in Wednesday night's semi-final second leg at the Liberty Stadium.
But the FA deemed that "insufficient" punishment for the offence, prompting an additional charge this afternoon.
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