Joao Felix had a debut to forget for Chelsea in their 2-1 defeat at Fulham on Thursday night – and his red card will have serious financial repercussions for the Blues.
Felix made a promising start to life in a Chelsea shirt, with the 23-year-old by far the brightest player for Graham Potter’s struggling side. Just a day after he was signed on loan from Atletico Madrid, he produced an eye-catching nutmeg on Tim Ream inside two minutes and tested Bernd Leno on a few occasions inside the first half.
But things took a completely different perspective in the 58th minute when the Portuguese forward dived into a challenge against Fulham defender Kenny Tete. He was shown a straight red card, leaving his side with 10 men when the score was at 1-1.
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