Arsenal face FA rap after wild celebrations against Liverpool… but Mikel Arteta is set to escape punishment
MIKEL Arteta will avoid any FA action for his stoppage time goal celebrations against Liverpool.
But Arsenal will be hit with the “standard” £25,000 fine after six of Arteta’s players were cautioned in the game.
Arteta infuriated some TV Liverpool fans as he reacted to Leandro Trossard’s added-time clincher.
The Spaniard leapt wildly before sprinting through and out of his technical area, potentially leaving himself open to a charge.
But FA rules, reinforced this term, leave policing of touchline behaviour to the match officials.
As neither referee Anthony Taylor nor any of his colleagues made any mention of Arteta’s behaviour that is considered the end of the matter by FA beaks, who have no intention of even contacting the Arsenal boss.
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But the yellow cards picked up by Ben White, Gabriel, Jakob Kiwior and, in stoppage time, William Saliba, Declan Rice and Kai Havertz, will see a fine levied against the Gunners.
Liverpool had defender Ibrahima Konate sent off late on following his second yellow card.
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