Chelsea star ejected for kicking at ball boy

(AP) Chelsea star ejected for kicking at ball boy
By STEVE DOUGLAS
AP Sports Writer
LONDON
Chelsea star Eden Hazard was ejected for kicking at a ball boy who didn’t give him the ball quickly enough as the Blues were eliminated from the English League Cup with a 0-0 tie at Swansea in the semifinals on Wednesday night.

As the ball bounced off an advertising board behind the goal line at Swansea’s Liberty Stadium late in the match, a ball boy in a Swansea sweatsuit slowly walked over to pick it up.

Hazard ran up to reclaim the ball for goal kick, and the ball boy fell over, stomach toward the ground and the ball under him. The Belgian winger leaned over the boy, tried to pull it free with both hands and then kicked at the ball.

The two apologized to each other after the game, Swansea said in a statement.

Hazard was given a red card by referee Chris Foy in the 80th minute.