Manchester United boss Jose
Mourinho has been charged by the Football Association for claiming it
would be "difficult" for referee Anthony Taylor to officiate their game
with Liverpool.
Mourinho added appointing Taylor for the 17 October match had put "pressure" on the Manchester-based official.
Managers are not supposed to speak about referees prior to matches.
Mourinho has until 31 October to respond to a charge of improper conduct and bringing the game into disrepute.
Taylor issued four yellow cards - all to Manchester United - in the 0-0 draw.
Former
referees' chief Keith Hackett was among those to question the
Professional Game Match Officials Limited's (PGMOL) decision to assign
the match to Altrincham season-ticket holder Taylor, claiming it would
be "intolerable" if he got a big decision wrong.
Mourinho foresaw the potential for the FA to take action against him
when he spoke before the game, claiming that he "did not really want to
say too much more on the matter. I have learned a lesson... by being
punished so many times for my words about referees".
Managers were
banned from talking about officials in the run-up to matches in 2009 in
an attempt to prevent their comment from influencing decisions.
The
Portuguese was given a one-match stadium ban and fined £40,000 in
November after the FA backed referee Jon Moss' claims that the
then-Chelsea manager refused to leave the officials' changing room and
verbally abused him and his colleagues at half-time of a defeat at West Ham.
Mourinho was also fined £50,000 for claiming that referees were afraid to award penalties against his side last season after the Blues were beaten 3-1 by Southampton in October.
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