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CHELSEA midfielder Frank Lampard has today escaped a three-game ban after the Football Association overturned the red card the England international received when he was sent-off in the 4-0 win away to West Ham last weekend.
Lampard, who'd opened the scoring against his old club at Upton Park, was sent-off following a clash with Luis Boa Morte.
But referee Peter Walton told an FA regulatory commission he and his assistant made a mistake.
The commission then had to decide if the officials had made a "serious and obvious" error in dismissing the 29-year-old.
They also had to take into account the UEFA guideline that while endangering an opponent warrants a red card, contact on or above the neck is deemed to be violent conduct
Lampard's reprieve allows him to play against Barnsley in the FA Cup and the Premier League matches against Derby and Sunderland.
By appealing, Chelsea risked Lampard's ban being extended to four games had the verdict gone against them.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23322736-5006068,00.html
Lampard, who'd opened the scoring against his old club at Upton Park, was sent-off following a clash with Luis Boa Morte.
But referee Peter Walton told an FA regulatory commission he and his assistant made a mistake.
The commission then had to decide if the officials had made a "serious and obvious" error in dismissing the 29-year-old.
They also had to take into account the UEFA guideline that while endangering an opponent warrants a red card, contact on or above the neck is deemed to be violent conduct
Lampard's reprieve allows him to play against Barnsley in the FA Cup and the Premier League matches against Derby and Sunderland.
By appealing, Chelsea risked Lampard's ban being extended to four games had the verdict gone against them.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23322736-5006068,00.html