Chelsea 'to be fined £25,000 after seven players cautioned against West Ham'

Chelsea will reportedly be fined £25,000 by the Football Association after seven of their players were cautioned against West Ham United at the weekend.

The defending English champions have had a torrid start to the season having won just three of their nine Premier League games, but things got worse on Saturday.

Six players were issued with yellow cards, while Nemanja Matic was sent off for a second caution in Chelsea's 2-1 defeat at Upton Park.

According to The Mirror, as a result, the West London club will incur an automatic £25,000 fine, while the governing body will also write to the club regarding possible breach of media commitments as neither manager Jose Mourinho nor any of his assistants carried out post-match interviews.

Mourinho and his coach Silvino Louro were so incensed by Matic's sending-off that they were both eventually sent to the stands by the referee.