Arsene Wenger charged by the FA: Arsenal boss faces touchline ban for misconduct

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Arsene Wenger has been charged with misconduct after Sunday's win over Burnley

Wenger was seen pushing fourth official Anthony Taylor and is alleged to have called him a cheat.

And the FA said: "Arsene Wenger has been charged for misconduct following Arsenal’s game against Burnley on Sunday [22 January 2017].

"It is alleged that in or around the 92nd minute, he used abusive and/or insulting words towards the fourth official.

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"It is further alleged that following his dismissal from the technical area, his behaviour in remaining in the tunnel area and making physical contact with the fourth official amounted to improper conduct."

Wenger now faces a potential touchline ban while and has until 6pm on Thursday to respond to the charge.

He admitted he was in the wrong and said he regretted his action post match.

"I regret everything," Wenger said.

"I should have shut up, gone in and go home. I apologise for that.

"Look, it was nothing bad. I said something that you hear every day in football. Overall nine times out of 10 you are not sent to the stand for that.

"If I am I am and I should have shut up completely. I was quite calm the whole game, more than usual. But just in the last two to three minutes…"

Former referee Keith Hackett has called on him to get a stadium ban.

"What I would like to see as an absolute minimum is a six-game ban – but a far more severe punishment than simply being banished from the touchline," Hackett wrote in his column for the Telegraph.

"Instead, I would like to see Wenger barred from any contact with his team once inside the stadium. Uefa regularly impose this sanction and I feel it has far more impact than a manager simply being unable to stand in the technical area."

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