FA charge Chelsea's José Mourinho, Rui Faria and Ramires with misconduct

Manager and his assistant to face sanctions after Sunderland

Brazilian midfielder given four-match ban for violent conduct

The potentially damaging ramifications of Chelsea's furious defeat to Sunderland have become clearer after the Football Association issued charges against three members of the Londoners' squad, including the manager José Mourinho.

The Brazil midfielder Ramires may have played his last domestic game of the season after the FA deemed his swing at Sebastian Larsson three minutes before the interval, which went unspotted by the referee Mike Dean, to be violent conduct. The offence was caught on video and was therefore scrutinised by a three-man panel of former elite referees, with their assessment unanimous that a misdemeanour had taken place.

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