Chelsea captain Reece James has rubbished talk of his side having a discipline problem with the Blues having a man sent off in five of their last six matches.

Malo Gusto was shown a red card after picking up two bookings in the 3-0 win against Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon, with the visitors finishing the game with 10 men at the City Ground.

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca was shown a red card against Liverpool, Joao Pedro was sent off in the win over Benfica, Trevoh Chalobah versus Brighton and Robert Sanchez was given his marching orders early into the defeat at Manchester United last month. Despite this, James has refuted suggestions that Chelsea have an issue when it comes to discipline.

"It's difficult, if you look at all of them, they’re all very much different red cards," the Chelsea captain explained. "They’re not straight reds, they’re double bookings.

"I was next to him [Gusto] when I saw him going for the tackle, and it is a split second. He was there to...