There is no conspiracy against Chelsea - Ashton

The Former England striker Dean Ashton has refuted Mourinho's claims that there is a gang-up among referees, commentators, pundits against Chelsea.

Jose Mourinho said this after the frustrating 1-1 draw at St Mary stadium yesterday. Fabregas was brought down inside the box, but instead of getting a penalty, he was given a yellow for diving; coupled with that of Costa against Hullcity and against Burnley. That was what actually prompted Jose to make the above statement.

However, Dean Ashton has reiterated that there no conspiracy of any sort, even though he admitted that Fabregas should have been awarded a penalty.

"There's no conspiracy against Chelsea," said Ashton to skysports.com . "Jose is backing his players. He's not going to say he's gone down too easily. He will support his players but you'd like to think in the dressing room afterwards he'd say something to these players."

"You're talking about a six-foot, two-inch, big strong centre-forward who shouldn't being going down with such minimal contact. But it's so difficult for referees."
-Dean Ashton
Ref: Skysports