Jurgen Klopp has been charged by the Football Association for improper conduct after berating the assistant referee in his side’s 1-0 win over Manchester City.
The Liverpool manager was sent to the stands by Anthony Taylor after being deemed to have acted in an aggressive manner towards Gary Beswick following the officials’ waving play on when Klopp felt Mohamed Salah had been fouled.
The FA’s charge, relating to Klopp’s breaking of the FA Rule E3, opens the prospect of the Liverpool manager having to spend one or more games in the stands.
Charging Klopp on Tuesday afternoon, the FA’s statement read: ‘Jurgen Klopp has been charged with a breach of FA Rule E3 following the Premier League game between Liverpool FC and Manchester City FC on Sunday [16/10/22].
‘It is alleged that the Liverpool FC manager’s behaviour during the 86th minute of this game was improper and he has until Friday [21/10/22] to respond.’
Rule E3 in the FA’s handbook for the 2022-23 season reads as follows: ‘A participant shall at all times act in the best interests of the game and shall not act in any manner which is improper or brings the game into disrepute or use any one, or a combination of, violent conduct, serious foul play, threatening, abusive, indecent or insulting words or behaviour.’
In a feisty and tetchy game, Klopp had previously got too close to the fourth official when complaining about another incident and his shouting at Beswick was adjudged to have overstepped the mark.
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