Manchester United have been fined £20,000 by the Football Association after accepting a charge of failing to control
their players during Monday’s FA Cup defeat at Chelsea.
United’s run in the competition was ended at Stamford Bridge by Jose Mourinho’s old club on a night when Spaniard Ander
Herrera was dismissed in the 35th minute for a second caution following a foul on Eden Hazard.
Several United players surrounded referee Michael Oliver after he brandished the red card at Herrera and that earned the club a
misconduct charge, and the standard punishment of £20,000 has now been applied.
If United had challenged the charge and it had been proven, the fine would have gone
up to £30,000.
An FA statement read: “Manchester United
have been fined £20,000 after the club admitted an FA misconduct charge and accepted the standard penalty.
“It relates to a breach of FA rule E20(a) for failing to ensure its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion in or
around the 35th minute of their Emirates FA Cup quarter-final against Chelsea on Monday
13 March 2017.”
Herrera himself will miss this weekend’s game against Middlesbrough along with
West Brom’s visit to Old Trafford after the international break as it was his second dismissal of the campaign.
United are also without Zlatan Ibrahimovic for both of those fixtures after the Swede
received a retrospective punishment when his elbow caught Bournemouth’s Tyrone
Mings in the face.
