By Emmanuel Adeleke
Manchester United have been fined with £82,000 after admitting two breaches of the Football Association (FA) rules during Premier League matches in October.
The breaches revolve around contentious incidents during their clashes with Newcastle United and Chelsea.
In their 0-0 draw against Newcastle, players surrounded the referee after Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal was ruled out.
Referee Craig Pawson was surrounded by United players after ruling out Ronaldo’s goal against Newcastle, saying the Magpies had not taken a free-kick before Rinaldo put the ball into an empty net.
After disallowing the goal, Pawson also booked Ronaldo for leading his team-mates’ angry reaction to the decision.
Manager Erik ten Hag also went straight to Pawson at the final whistle, and said afterwards: “I don’t have a comment. I shared that with them. Everyone has seen it.”
The following week, Chelsea were awarded a penalty when Scott McTominay was judged to have shoved Armando Broja to the ground and United players surrounded referee Stuart Attwell.
Jorginho’s spot-kick was later cancelled out by Casemiro’s injury-time equaliser and the match finished 1-1.
The FA charge, which said United “failed to ensure its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion” was brought in October.
United have accepted the fines of £42,000 and £37,000 for both incidents.
