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Chelsea to escape punishment for fielding weakened team against Liverpool

Chelsea will reportedly escape action from the Premier League if they decide to field a weakened team against Liverpool on Sunday.

By Danielle Joynson, Staff Reporter | 24 April 2014

The Premier League will reportedly decide against taking out punishment on Chelsea should manager Jose Mourinho field a weakened team against Liverpool on Sunday.

The Portuguese coach suggested that he will rest players as he has the Champions League semi-final second leg against Atletico Madrid in mind.

The Blues are in contention to reach the final after securing a goalless draw at the Vicente Calderon on Tuesday, while in the Premier League they are five points behind leaders Liverpool.

According to BBC Sport, league regulations do not require the officials to punish Chelsea should they rest a number of players after rules were relaxed after Blackpool were fined in 2011.

Action can only be taken if a club starts several Under-21 players who are not in their 25-man squad for the league.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	37	27	5	5	89	28	61	86
2	Manchester City Man City	36	26	7	3	91	33	58	85
3	Liverpool	36	23	9	4	81	38	43	78
4	Aston Villa	36	20	7	9	73	53	20	67
5	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	36	19	6	11	71	59	12	63
6	Newcastle United Newcastle	36	17	6	13	79	57	22	57
7	Chelsea	36	16	9	11	73	61	12	57
8	Manchester United Man Utd	36	16	6	14	52	56	-4	54
9	West Ham United West Ham	37	14	10	13	59	71	-12	52
10	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	36	12	12	12	54	58	-4	48
11	Bournemouth	37	13	9	15	53	65	-12	48
12	Crystal Palace	37	12	10	15	52	58	-6	46
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	37	13	7	17	50	63	-13	46
14	Fulham	37	12	8	17	51	59	-8	44
15	Everton	37	13	9	15	39	49	-10	40
16	Brentford	37	10	9	18	54	61	-7	39
17	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	37	8	9	20	47	66	-19	29
18	Luton Town Luton	37	6	8	23	50	81	-31	26
R	Burnley	37	5	9	23	40	76	-36	24
R	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	37	3	7	27	35	101	-66	16