Players charged

[Rob_the_Saint]

LONDON (Reuters) - Six Arsenal players and two from champions Manchester United have been charged with improper conduct after a fracas in Sunday`s bad-tempered 0-0 draw at Old Trafford, the Football Association (FA) has said.

 

Arsenal, as a club, have been charged with misconduct, while the individual charges apply to Ashley Cole, Lauren, Jens Lehmann, Ray Parlour, skipper Patrick Vieira and Martin Keown. Lauren also faces two charges of violent behaviour and Keown and Parlour face one count of violent behaviour each.

 

United`s Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo have also been charged with improper conduct, while team mate Phil Neville has been warned as to his future conduct.

 

- bit OTT I feel, is this going to happen every time there's a bit of pushing and shoving on the pitch? Let 'em have a good old punch-up and get on with it, I say.

[Colin Zeal EFM]

The charges in full:

 

Arsenal: Charged with "failing to ensure the proper behaviour of their players".

 

Lauren: Two counts of violent behaviour for "kicking out at Quinton Fortune following the penalty award and for forcibly pushing van Nistelrooy in the back following the final whistle". Two counts of improper conduct for "confronting Ruud van Nistelrooy after Patrick Vieira's sending-off, and for confronting Ryan Giggs after the final whistle".

 

Keown: One charge of violent behaviour "for striking van Nistelrooy on the back of the head following the final whistle". One charge of improper conduct for "confronting Van Nistelrooy following the penalty miss".

 

Parlour: One charge of improper conduct for "confronting Van Nistelrooy after the final whistle". One charge of violent behaviour for "grabbing at Gary Neville from behind shortly afterwards".

 

Cole: One charge of improper conduct for "his involvement in a confrontation with Cristiano Ronaldo after the final whistle".

 

Lehmann: One charge of improper conduct for "confronting referee Steve Bennett after Patrick Vieira's second yellow card and for then persistently seeking to confront Van Nistelrooy".

 

Vieira: One charge of improper conduct for "failing to leave the field of play following his sending-off, and for instead seeking to confront Van Nistelrooy and engaging in a verbal exchange with fourth official Neale Barry".

 

Giggs: One charge of improper conduct for "his involvement in a confrontation with Lauren after the match had ended".

 

Ronaldo: One charge of improper conduct for "confronting Martin Keown at the conclusion of the match".

 

Phil Neville has, meanwhile, been warned as to his future conduct after a confrontation with Lauren, but his brother Gary and Manchester United as a club are not being charged by the FA.

 

Arsenal, however, could now face a suspension crisis, with Lauren facing four separate counts, including two of violent behaviour, the same serious charge which is faced by Keown and Parlour.

 

 

[CANV EFM]

i agree let em smack each other up a bit.. the crowd love it..

except cole, he is a [****!!****] and should be made to be brunos padded cell gimp

[ESG]

have to say it was all a bit "handbags" really