Drogba escapes FA action

Blues striker in the clear

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Drogba escapes FA action

Drogba: No FA action

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Chelsea striker Didier Drogba will not face any disciplinary action from the Football Association over comments in his autobiography saying he wished he had punched Nemanja Vidic in the UEFA Champions League final.

Drogba was red carded in the final last May for slapping the Manchester United defender and in his book said he now wishes he had punched Vidic.

The FA decided to investigate the comments to see if any action should be taken against the Ivory Coast international.

However, after studying the comments the FA have decided to take no action.

Drogba wrote: "I have seen the match on video and I believe I should not have been sent off with three minutes to go.

"If I had punched him, I would have understood. Now I wish I had."

The FA did not view those comments as being in the same vein as those made by Roy Keane, when the former United skipper said he had deliberately injured a rival player, Alf Inge Haaland.

In 2002 Keane was fined £150,000 and banned for five matches.