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Phil Kirkbride

Slaven Bilic faces further FA punishment after Everton red card

Slaven Bilic has been hit with a charge of improper conduct following his red card against Everton.

The West Brom boss was sent off at half-time of Saturday's game at Goodison and watched the second period from the stands.

Bilic now faces further sanctions from the Football Association who have taken a dim view of his confrontation with referee Mike Dean.

An FA spokeman has this morning said: "Slaven Bilić has been charged with a breach of FA Rule E3.

"It is alleged that the West Bromwich Albion FC manager’s language and/or behaviour on the field of play at half time of the Premier League fixture against Everton FC on 19/09/20 amounts to improper conduct."

Bilic was unhappy as West Brom's lead at Goodison was overturned as Everton scored twice before the break, with the Blues' equaliser awarded after a VAR review.

And their frustrations were compounded when Kieran Gibbs was sent off after lashing out at James Rodriguez.

After the game, former Everton defender Bilic said: "As a manager I should be in a situation to ask the referee what's going on.

"It's not like the game was going on, it was half-time - nobody was around. I didn't swear. I asked him in a frustrated way but I didn't go over the line. But he just ignored me and gave me red.

"As a manager you have that right if you are not crossing the line. I told him if you want to kill us, kill us. That's all."

Bilic has until Thursday to respond to the charge.

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