Tottenham: Manager Pochettino bagged two-match suspension cos of "aggressive" actions - FA

Tottenham Hotspur Manager Mauricio Pochettino - Getty

The Football Association says, Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino's "aggressive" actions were the reason he was given a two-match touchline ban for confronting referee Mike Dean.


He accepted an FA charge of improper conduct for his actions after his side's defeat at Burnley last month.

Pochettino later said he was "in shock" at the "unfair" ban.

However, Pochettino's "repetitive and aggressive" actions merited a "sporting sanction", the FA said.

The FA's written reasons for the ban included Dean's match report, which said that the Argentine repeatedly told him "you know what you are, you know what you are".

"I then said on numerous occasions to go away at least 10 times and he wouldn't get out of my personal space and then aggressively pointed his finger just a few inches from my face again saying 'you know what you are'," Dean's report added.

According to Dean, Pochettino confronted him again inside the tunnel before being escorted away by security staff.

It was a "persistent display of unacceptable and disrespectful behaviour", the FA said.

"While the words used are not the worst, the choice of phrase 'you know what you are' was used in an on-field outburst, following the conclusion of the game, that lasted for 40 seconds, during which Pochettino was, at times, very close to Mr Dean and face-to-face," the statement said.
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