Chelsea ace Pedro slammed by Gary Lineker after shocking dive in FA Cup clash with Norwich

PEDRO deserves to be banned for his blatant dive against Norwich City - even though he was booked by referee Graham Scott.

That was the verdict of BBC pundit Jermaine Jenas after watching the Chelsea winger fly to the ground.

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Gary Lineker also condemned Pedro, tweeting: "Oh f*** off Pedro."

The Spaniard was given a yellow card for his simulation after going down in the area under a challenge from Canaries keeper Angus Gunn.

Replays proved that there was no contact and that Pedro was clearly trying to con ref Scott into awarding the Blues a penalty in the FA Cup third round replay.

As it was Pedro was dismissed in extra time after chalking up another booking for a foul on Wes Hoolahan - meaning he will be suspended for Chelsea's clash with Brighton at the weekend.

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But Jenas was adamant the former Barcelona star should face retrospective action for diving in a bid to help eliminate this curse from the game.

He said: "I have to say, the distance between Gunn and Pedro looked too far for it to be a penalty. Fair play to Graham Scott to keep up with play.

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"It’s shocking, it’s absolutely shocking, it really is. It’s a blatant dive.

"Like I said, fair play to Graham Scott for keeping up with the play and making the right decision.

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"This is where my issue comes with the whole diving panel and retrospective action.

"Yes, a penalty wasn’t given, but what happens there? Nothing happens.

"If we’re trying to cut it out the game I still feel players should be punished for things like that.”

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Alvaro Morata was also red carded to two yellows, the first also for a dive.

In the end Eden Hazard spared Chelsea's blushes with the winning shootout penalty after the teams drew 1-1 after 120 minutes.

Michy Batshuayi scored for Chelsea and Timm Klose netted his first goal for Norwich.