| 
            
              | 
  
 | 
                
                  | 
                                  
                                    | 
                                      
                                        | 
                                            According to the Evening Standard, Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving early on Monday and released a few hours later on bail.
                                              | Essien arrested over drink-driving | 4/24/2007 |  
                                              |  |  The Ghana international was stopped by police in south London at 5.10 a.m. and asked to take a breath test after which he was arrested and taken to a police station for a blood test.
 
 Essien, suspended for the first leg of Chelsea''''s Champions League semi-final against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, has been bailed until a date in July, it added.
 
 The Sun newspaper said Essien had been clubbing with friends and a blood sample was over the legal limit but quoted his spokeswoman as saying: "The police allowed Michael to drive home in his own car. He is very upset and does not believe he was over the limit.
 
 "Michael is a responsible person who would never drive if he thought he would be impaired by alcohol."
 
 
 
 Source:
 GHP
 
 
 |  
                                        |  |  
                                        |  |  |  |  |  |  |