Sagna charged for questioning integrity of EPL referee
Posted January 10, 2017 6:00 am
LONDON (AP) - Manchester City defender Bacary Sagna has been charged by the English Football Association for questioning the impartiality of a referee in a Premier League game.
The France international posted a message on Instagram after City beat Burnley 2-1 on Jan. 2, saying: "10 against 12... but still fighting and winning as a team." City played more than half of the match with 10 men following Fernandinho's sending-off.
The FA said Tuesday that Sagna has been charged with misconduct because his comment "questioned the integrity of the match official and/or alleged and/or implied bias on the part of the match official, and/or brought the game into disrepute."
Sagna has until Friday to respond to the charge.
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