Man utd charged by FA over failure to control players against Newcastle
Man utd charged by FA over failure to control players against Newcastle
Manchester United have been charged by the Football Association for what it described as the failure of the team to control its players in their last EPL game against Newscastle.
The Red devils were left frustrated after playing out a goalless draw against Newcastle on Sunday.
Specifically, Manchester United players had angrily approached referee Craig Pawson after he disallowed a Cristiano Ronaldo goal during the game.
Pawson included the incident in his report on the match and the FA charge noted that United “failed to ensure its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion”.
The players surrounded Pawson when he ruled Newcastle had not taken a free-kick before Ronaldo rushed down to kick a ball away from goalkeeper Nick Pope and tap into an empty net, believing defender Fabian Schar had rolled it to his team-mate.
Erik Ten Hag also told Pawson at the final whistle-“I don’t have a comment. I shared that with them. Everyone has seen it.”
Newcastle Boss had another impression of the situation when he said “It was clear Fabian wasn’t taking the kick and he was allowing Nick to do it. “Nick was waiting to deliver the free-kick. That would have been a very, very difficult decision to swallow”
The result of the game leaves Manchester United to 5th on the log with 16 points while Newcastle occupies 6th with 15 points.
