Bilic charged over half-time ref row

West Bromwich Albion manager Slave n Bi lic has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association.

The Croatian boss came on to the pitch at half-time in his side’s 5-2 defeat by Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday and was shown a red card by referee Mike Dean for his protests.

The FA has now dec ided to charge him over the incident.

“Sl ave n Bi lic has been charged with a breach of FA Rule E3,” a governing body statement read.

“It is alleged that the West Bromwich Al bio nFC manager’s language and/ or behaviour on the field of play at half-time of the Premier League fixture against Everton amounts to improper conduct.”

The FA statement added that Bilic had until tomorrow to respond.

Bilic came on to the pitch following the first-half dismissal of Albion defender Kie ran Gibbs for pushing Ever ton’s James Rodriguez in the face.

Bilic said of the incident that led to his own red card: “As a manager I should be in a situation to ask the referee what’s going on.

“I didn’t swear. I asked him in a frustrated way but I didn’t go over the line but he just ignored me and gave me red. I told him ‘if you want to kill us, kill us’. That’s all.”

He was fined £2,000 in August 2019 after being sent to the stands during a Championship match against Derby County.

In February 2017 he was fined £8,000 after admitting an FA misconduct charge during his time at West Ham. He was sent off for protesting about ago al scored by West Brom, throwing a television mic to the ground in frustration.