Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck pleaded for calm with his club’s fans at the gates of the Amex Stadium before the 2-1 win at Brighton.In the wake of two shameful episodes of alleged racism, the club were fearful of a repeat in a third successive game.Buck and club officials went to the away turnstiles and it is understood that while there, he stressed to Chelsea supporters that it was an important day for the club following the disgraceful scenes against Manchester City and MOL Vidi. Sunday's game appeared to pass without incident, though Brighton fans taunted the away end in the second half with a chant of ‘Racists! Racists! Racists!’Uefa’s disciplinary body are due to rule this week on whether Chelsea will face a partial stadium closure as a consequence of anti-semitic chants against Vidi in the Europa League, and four Chelsea supporters have been suspended pending a club investigation into abuse directed at City’s Raheem Sterling last Saturday.Chelsea have taken a hard line stance over the incidents and on Thursday issued a statement criticising the offenders who had ‘shamed the club’.Fans in the Chelsea end on Sunday reported a shift in behaviour for the game, with a marked absence of the Y-word in chants involving Tottenham. Ahead of the game, numerous supporters interviewed were keen to distance themselves from the offenders. One fan, who gave his name only as Simon, 49, from Guildford, said: ‘It says something that the anti-Jewish stuff all came out in Hungary. There was probably no CCTV, no proper policing. In the Premier League they spot people, don’t they? They can go in and get people out. I wasn’t in Hungary, but I imagine it was pretty different there, more uncontrolled.’Chelsea managing director Christian Purslow believes the club's owner Roman Abramovich will have felt anger and 'extreme hurt' over the anti-semitic chant heard from Blues supporters earlier this week.On Thursday during the 2-2 Europa League draw with Vidi in Budapest, a vocal minority of Chelsea fans were heard singing a derogatory chant about Tottenham supporters, featuring anti-Semitic language.Chelsea promised to take the strongest possible action against any supporters found to have sung the chant. The incident comes hot on the heels of recent abuse of Raheem Sterling at Stamford Bridge
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