O´Neill charged for United outburst

April 9, 2009

LONDON (AFP) – Aston Villa coach Martin O’Neill has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association for his behaviour after his side’s 3-2 defeat by Manchester United on Sunday.

The charge relates to O’Neill’s conduct towards referee Mike Riley following the final whistle in the Premier League game at Old Trafford.

The Northern Irishman was angered by the amount of stoppage time that Riley added on at the end of the 90 minutes.

“What was it? Five minutes added time? I’m sure we wouldn’t have got it at Villa Park,” he said after Federico Macheda’s 93rd-minute winner.

O’Neill also complained about what he saw as an unpunished foul on Villa winger Ashley Young in the build-up to Macheda’s goal, as well as several earlier decisions.

“The officials also got three offsides wrong,” he said.

O’Neill has until April 27 to respond to the charge.

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