Nigerian international, John Mikel Obi, was allegedly racially abused during Sunday’s controversial game between his club Chelsea FC, and Manchester United at the Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea made a formal complaint against referee Mark Clattenburg after accusing him of using “inappropriate language” to two of their players in the defeat by Manchester United.
Part of the allegation is that Clattenburg used racial language, according to an agency report.
It is also understood midfielder John Mikel Obi is involved in the complaint.
“We have lodged a complaint to the Premier League match delegate,” said a Chelsea spokesman.
Nine-man Chelsea suffered first defeat in the English Premier League with Manchester United coasting home to a 3-2 win.
Results
England – Premier League
Aston Villa 1 – 1 Norwich
Arsenal 1 – 0 Queens Park R.
Reading 3 – 3 Fulham
Stoke 0 – 0 Sunderland
Wigan 2 – 1 West Ham
Manchester City 1 – 0 Swansea
Everton 2 – 2 Liverpool
Newcastle 2 – 1 West Brom
Southampton 1 – 2 Tottenham
Chelsea 2 – 3 Manchester United
Italy – Serie A
Siena 0 – 0 Palermo
AC Milan 1 – 0 Genoa
Catania 0 – 1 Juventus
Bologna 1 – 3 Inter Milan
Fiorentina 2 – 0 Lazio
Pescara 0 – 0 Atalanta
Sampdoria 0 – 1 Cagliari
Torino 1 – 3 Parma
AS Roma 2 – 3 Udinese
Napoli 1 – 0 Chievo
Spain – Primera Division
Espanyol 0 – 0 Malaga
Real Betis 1 – 0 Valencia
Celta de Vigo 1 – 1 Deportivo La Coruna
Vallecano 0 – 5 Barcelona
Zaragoza 2 – 1 Sevilla
Levante 3 – 1 Granada
Athletic Bilbao 1 – 2 Getafe
Atletico Madrid 3 – 1 Osasuna
Mallorca 0 – 5 Real Madrid
Germany – Bundesliga I.
Augsburg 0 – 2 Hamburger SV
Fortuna Dusseldorf 1 – 4 Wolfsburg
Freiburg 0 – 2 Borussia Dortmund
Greuther Furth 1 – 1 Werder Bremen
Mainz 3 – 0 Hoffenheim
Schalke 1 – 0 Nurnberg
Stuttgart 2 – 1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Bayern Munich 1 – 2 Bayer Leverkusen
Hannover 2 – 3 Monchengladbach
France – Ligue 1
Saint-Etienne 2 – 0 Rennes
Lille 2 – 1 Valenciennes
Montpellier 3 – 1 Nice
Nancy 0 – 1 Paris S.G.
Reims 1 – 1 Troyes
Toulouse 3 – 1 Brest
Lorient 4 – 4 Ajaccio
Bastia 3 – 1 Bordeaux