Michael Essien will find out on Tuesday if he is to be banned following his tackle on Bolton defender Tal Ben Haim.

The Chelsea midfielder appeared to be lucky to escape with a yellow card after the wild challenge - a decision that shocked Bolton boss Sam Allardyce.

The Football Assocition is awaiting a report from referee Rob Styles, who will also watch a video of the tackle.

He said: "I was fairly close to the incident and had a good view. I'll have another look at the video on Tuesday."

Bolton were leading 1-0 at the time that the Ghanaian international clattered into the Israeli, catching him high on his shin.

The Trotters eventually lost 5-1 and Allardyce believes that Essien helped his cause in not seeing red by feigning an injury of his own.

"He was very, very clever," said Allardyce. "I am shocked he was not sent off but Essien went down as if he was injured himself.

"He knew it was a bad tackle, of course he did. We all knew - apart from the referee, unfortunately. He booked him but he knows it should have been a red."

The champions maintained their 100% start to the Premiership season with a second-half flurry of four goals in nine minutes, during which time Bolton's Ricardo Gardner was dismissed for handball.

"We went down to 10 men with the score at 2-1, whereas Chelsea should have been 1-0 down and down to 10 men," added Allardyce.

"I could have been the first manager to beat Chelsea this season. It has been a major influence on the result."