Football news - Everton boss Ancelotti avoids touchline ban after confronting referee

ByEurosport

Updated 05/03/2020 at 14:59 GMT

Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti has avoided a touchline ban but has been fined £8,000 after accepting a charge of misconduct by the Football Association following Sunday's Premier League draw with Manchester United.

Carlo Ancelotti

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Ancelotti was left infuriated after a decision by the Video Assistant Referee to disallow a late Everton winner and received his marching orders from referee Chris Kavanagh for protesting after the final whistle.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin's deflected shot was ruled out in the closing stages of the match at Goodison Park after VAR adjudged Gylfi Sigurdsson was interfering with play from an offside position.

"The Everton manager admitted that his language and/or behaviour on the field of play at the end of the fixture amounted to improper conduct and also accepted the standard penalty," the FA said in a statement on Thursday.

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