Soccer-Arsenal's Arteta charged by FA over referee criticism

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group B - Arsenal v Sevilla - Emirates Stadium, London, Britain - November 8, 2023 Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta before the match REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo

(Reuters) - Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been charged by the Football Association (FA) for comments that were insulting towards match officials, English soccer's governing body said on Thursday.

Arteta had branded the decision not to rule out Anthony Gordon's goal in Arsenal's 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United on Nov. 4 as an embarrassment and a disgrace, after the goal stood following a triple VAR assessment.