Chelsea suffer major suspension blow as key man ruled out of Man City clash

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Chelsea have suffered a big blow with Moises Caicedo picking up his fifth yellow card of the Premier League season against Bournemouth, meaning he will be absent for the trip to Manchester City

Moises Caicedo will miss this weekend's trip to Manchester City with the Chelsea midfielder picking up a yellow card in the Blues' clash with Bournemouth this evening.

The booking came four minutes in after Caicedo fouled Bournemouth's Adrien Truffert by tripping him up as the Cherries star was on the counter-attack. Tonight marks the midway point of the Premier League season, the 19th match of Chelsea's campaign and therefore the cut-off point for five yellow cards equalling a suspension.

Caicedo recorded his fourth booking of the campaign in Saturday's defeat to Aston Villa and has picked up a second successive caution in this evening's fixture with the Cherries at Stamford Bridge. The Ecuador international will now serve his one-match suspension when Chelsea travel to Manchester to take on City on January 4.

Chelsea's night took another bad turn moments later when David Brooks was left unchallenged to meet a ball in the box. His header was initially saved by Robert Sanchez, but the loose ball fell kindly for Brooks and he prodded in.

But matters improved for Enzo Maresca's side around 10 minutes later when Cole Palmer equalised from the penalty spot. Chelsea's spot-kick was awarded after a clumsy challenge in the box by Manchester City-bound Antoine Semenyo on Estevao.

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