Manchester United have been charged by the FA for failing to control their players after referee Craig Pawson was surrounded for disallowing a Cristiano Ronaldo goal in Sunday’s draw with Newcastle.
Pawson included the incident in his report and the FA announced on Tuesday that United have been charged for failure ‘to ensure its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion in the 49th minutes of this match’. United have until Thursday to respond.
Ronaldo, who last week accepted an FA misconduct charge, thought he had scored when he took the ball away from Nick Pope as the Newcastle goalkeeper prepared to take a free kick, and scored in an empty net.