Liverpool: Brendan Rodgers charged by FA for comments

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has been charged over post-match comments he made following his side's defeat at Manchester City on 26 December.

Rodgers criticised the "horrendous" performance of the match officials and questioned the appointment of Bolton referee Lee Mason after the 2-1 loss.

He said: "Hopefully we won't have a Greater Manchester referee with Liverpool-Manchester games in future."

Rodgers has until 1800 GMT on 8 January 2014 to respond to the charge.

The Football Association said on Twitter: "It is alleged the comments by Rodgers called into question the integrity of the match referee, and/or implied that the match referee was motivated by bias; and/or brought the game into disrepute; and/or amounted to a failure to act in the best interests of the game."

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