The English Football Association has charged Wigan manager Roberto Martinez for publicly criticising a referee.
Martinez was unhappy about a penalty being awarded to Manchester United, and about Danny Welbeck avoiding a red card in Wigan’s 4-0 loss on Sept. 15.
The FA says Martinez was charged over “media comments which implied that the match referee and/or match officials in general are motivated by bias and/or brought the game into disrepute.”
Martinez described Welbeck’s challenge on Wigan forward Franco di Santo as “completely reckless,” claiming there were tackles “if they had been the other way round … would have been a couple of red cards.”
Martinez said that at Old Trafford, Wigan “don’t seem to be measured in the same manner as the team at home.”