Argentina coach Diego Maradona was responsible for a fire alarm at Chelsea's hotel early in the morning of their clash at Manchester United on Sunday, English newspaper The Sun claimed on Monday.
The former World Cup winner reportedly set the alarms off at 7am in a Manchester hotel that caused 200 guests, including the Chelsea squad, to be evacuated.
Chelsea's players spent 40 minutes outside in freezing temperatures, The Sun said, just hours before they were beaten 3-0 by United in the English Premier League at Old Trafford.
Maradona, who was in Manchester to watch his striker Carlos Tevez, who was a substitute, was blamed for the fire alarm, the paper said.
"It looks as though it was set off by Diego and his entourage smoking cigars on the 14th floor," The Sun quoted a fireman at the scene, reported dpa.
