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Carneiro did nothing wrong and Jose is the deluded one
Chelsea’s first team doctor was right to treat Eden Hazard, who wasn’t actually injured, and the Blues boss had no right to demote her for doing her job, says KADEEM SIMMONDS

THIS time last week, there was a rumour growing on the World Wide Web. Chelsea were set to demote Doctor Eva Carneiro after she ran onto the pitch to treat Eden Hazard’s injury a few days prior.

Carneiro is arguably the most well-known doctor in the Premier League, if not football. How many fans can say they know the name of another team’s physio? Not many. Yet everyone knows who Carneiro is.

Let’s not pretend that supporters of other clubs know who she is because she does her job better than everyone else.

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