Referee Jonathan Moss (left) sends Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger (right) to the stands during a Premier League match. Photo: Mike Egerton/Zuma PressArsenal manager Arsene Wenger didn’t even need to make a tackle to earn one of the heaviest penalties of the Premier League season. England’s Football Association slapped Wenger with a four-match suspension on Friday for using “abusive and/or insulting words towards the fourth official” in the dying minutes of last week’s victory over Burnley. Wenger allegedly said enough to the fourth official to be dismissed from the dugout. The dispute persisted once he relocated to the tunnel where he appeared to push the fourth official.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 27, 2017 23:28 UTC