The Football Association has charged Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, for improper conduct during the 4-1 win over Cardiff City on Saturday.
The coach was sent to the stands after an argument with referee Anthony Taylor, for warning Branislav Ivanovic over time-wasting.
Mourinho watches the last 20 minutes of the match from the East Stand amongst Chelsea fans and may be handed a touchline ban.
The FA’s statement read: “Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been charged with improper conduct in relation to his behaviour during his side’s game against Cardiff City on Saturday 19 October 2013.
“Mourinho has until 24 October at 6pm to respond to the charge.”
The Portuguese refused to speak to the media after the game and instead sent assistant manager Steve Holland, who explained his frustrations.
He said: “Jose is very frustrated and it stems from the time-wasting from the opposition from basically the first two or three minutes of the game. We mentioned it to the fourth official in a professional way on countless occasions.
“The referee didn’t appear to do anything about it but when we had a throw-in, Ivanovic had the ball in his hands for two seconds, and the referee was about getting the ball back into play and pointing at his watch.
“So it was a case of huge frustration with that. And to be sent off for that was very harsh.”
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