Cristian Romero charged by FA for aggressive conduct after red card | OneFootball

The Argentine captain of Tottenham, Cristian Romero, has been formally charged by the English Football Association (FA) with "aggressive" conduct and delaying his exit from the field after being sent off on Saturday, during the match against Liverpool, in the Premier League.

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The player is already set to serve an automatic one-match suspension due to this red card, against Crystal Palace, but could face a harsher penalty due to these additional charges, against which Romero can appeal until January 2nd.

“It was considered that [Romero] acted improperly by not leaving the field promptly and/or by behaving in a confrontational and/or aggressive manner towards the match referee after being sent off in the 93rd minute,” the FA stated in its release.

After the match against Crystal Palace on Sunday, Tottenham will visit Brentford on January 1st, before hosting Sunderland on the 4th and visiting Bournemouth three days later.

Romero had accumulated seven yellow cards in the Premier League before the match against Liverpool.

After the game, Tottenham's coach, Thomas Frank, criticized the referee and believed that his player should not have been sent off.

Frank himself had to hold and push his visibly upset player off the field.

Romero received a red card in stoppage time (90’+3), leaving his team with nine players in the final moments, after his teammate Xavi Simons had been sent off in the 33rd minute.

Tottenham lost the match against Liverpool 2-1 and dropped to 14th place in the English Championship table.

*With content from AFP

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