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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been charged by the Football Association for comments he made after their\u00a01-0 defeat by Newcastle.<\/p>\n
Arteta, 41, called the video assistant referee\u2019s (VAR) decision to allow Newcastle\u2019s goal\u00a0\u201cembarrassing\u201d and a \u201cdisgrace\u201d.<\/p>\n
Anthony Gordon\u2019s goal had three VAR checks and all were adjudged in Newcastle\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n
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Arteta has until Tuesday to respond to the charge.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s alleged that his comments constitute misconduct as they are insulting towards match officials and\/or detrimental to the game and\/or bring the game into disrepute,\u201d the FA statement said.<\/p>\n
Arsenal supported Arteta\u2019s comments in a\u00a0club statement, while the Spaniard later said it was his\u00a0\u201cduty\u201d\u00a0to defend the club.<\/p>\n
The club said the refereeing was \u201cunacceptable\u201d, adding that players, coaches and supporters all \u201cdeserve better\u201d.<\/p>\n
Three areas around Gordon\u2019s goal were checked by VAR \u2013 to see if the ball went out of play in the build-up, if there was a foul and if there was an offside.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Match Officials Mic\u2019d Up, a Premier League Productions programme which analyses VAR decisions from the last months, referees\u2019 chief\u00a0Howard Webb backed the decision\u00a0of on-field referee Stuart Attwell and the VAR team, and the process by which they reached it.<\/p>\n
The defeat by Newcastle ended an unbeaten Premier League start for Arsenal, who are third in the table \u2013 one point off leaders Manchester City.<\/p>\n
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