Manchester United charged by Football Association for failing to control players during Newcastle draw

Manchester United have been charged by the Football Association for failing to control their players during last weekend’s stalemate against Newcastle.

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Referee Craigh Pawson was surrounded by a clutch of angry United players following his decision to rule out what Cristiano Ronaldo thought was the opening goal of the contest.

The Red Devils have been found to be in breach of FA Rule E20.1 and the club now has until Thursday to respond to the charge.

Ronaldo thought he had registered his first Premier League goal of the season during the early stages of the second half at Old Trafford.

Newcastle appeared to take a free-kick deep inside their own half when Fabian Schar tapped the ball back to Nick Pope, apparently intending for the goalkeeper to take the set-piece.

The England international hesitated while deciding where to play the ball and that allowed Ronaldo to pounce.

‘The free-kick was slightly in the wrong place and obviously Fabby’s [Schar] rolled it back to me and walked off,’ Pope told Chronicle Live.

‘I think you know by everyone’s body language that you know he’s not meaning to take a free-kick.

‘I think the referee sorted it out quickly and fair play to him for making the right decision and squashed it straight away.’

When asked about Ronaldo’s goal controversy, Erik ten Hag said: ‘I don’t have a comment, everyone has seen it.

‘I shared that with them [the officials]. Everyone has seen what happened today on the pitch.’

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