Overview

• Mark Clattenburg describes how John Obi Mikel burst into his Stamford Bridge dressing room after a heated October 2012 clash and attempted to punch him.
• He notes the FA cleared him of a racial slur accusation while banning Mikel for three matches and fining him £60,000 for threatening conduct.
• Clattenburg suggests the incident was motivated by Chelsea’s desire for payback after John Terry’s 2011 sanction for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand.
• He recounts the ordeal caused intense mental distress that nearly drove him to quit refereeing.
• Despite renewed attention to the claims, no new official investigations have been launched.