Manchester United coach charged by FA after rant at officials in Old Trafford tunnel

Darren Fletcher has been complaint with misconduct by the Football Association aft his rant astatine officials during Manchester United’s triumph implicit Brentford past weekend.

The Red Devils manager ha been accused of behaving successful an ‘improper and/or confrontational manner’ and aiming ‘abusive and/or insulting words’ astatine lucifer officials.

The incidental occurred during the lucifer astatine Old Trafford connected 19 October erstwhile Ethan Pinnock scored the opening extremity of the crippled for Brentford.

Manchester United defender Matthijs de Ligt had been forced to permission the tract to woody with a caput wounded erstwhile the extremity went successful and the Red Devils unit were fuming arsenic it was the 3rd clip the Dutchman had been made to permission the tract to benignant retired the cut.

Both manager Erik 10 Hag and his adjunct Ruud van Nistelrooy were shown yellowish cards for their reactions connected the touchline.

Fletcher confronted officials arsenic they went to caput down the passageway astatine half-time and has since been charged by the FA for his actions.

The Scottish manager has until 29 October to respond to the charge.

An FA connection read: ‘Darren Fletcher has been charged with misconduct pursuing Manchester United’s fixture against Brentford connected Saturday, 20 October, successful the Premier League.

‘It is alleged that the manager acted successful an improper and/or confrontational mode and/or utilized abusive and/or insulting words towards the 4th authoritative and the referee and/or adjunct referees. Darren Fletcher has until Tuesday, 29 October, to respond.’

Ten Hag was inactive fuming with the officials making De Ligt permission the transportation aft his broadside came backmost to triumph 2-1, though helium said the determination fuelled the recovery.

‘It was adust humor truthful helium was already treated for the injury,’ Ten Hag said. ‘I didn’t recognize wherefore helium was sent off. I went implicit to Matthijs and helium said “it is adust humor and I person to travel off, I don’t cognize why.” It was a immense infinitesimal due to the fact that Brentford are precise bully astatine corners and you miss 1 of your champion headers.

‘Definitely, we were aggravated astatine fractional time. You spot the togetherness, the warring tone and we adhd immoderate determination to people goals. The stats amusement we play bully shot [this season] and don’t people capable but contiguous we scored 2 superb goals.’

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