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Published 12:29 28 Nov 2016 GMT
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"I’ve spoken to Keith Hackett and he fully recognises the situation was an error and an apology will follow to Arsene Wenger," said League Managers’ Association chief Richard Bevan at the time.
"Lee Probert totally failed to manage the situation and created a needless pressure point taking the focus away from the pitch in a big event with only a minute to go.
"Although correct in ‘law’, the decision was completely out of context in the game and it was followed by the nonsense which followed over where Arsene Wenger should sit."
Cue United fans demanding the same apology for Mourinho, and crying conspiracy that instead he is facing a two-match ban.
https://twitter.com/UnitedPeoplesTV/status/803162342133559296 https://twitter.com/18sManUtd/status/803167663060979713 https://twitter.com/321GEO/status/803137165974597632 But before you don the tin-foil hat and roll your eyes at the clear anti-Manchester United bias being displayed by the FA, remember that since the incident with Wenger, the rules have been changed. Partly as a result of another touchline feud between Wenger and Mourinho, the FA brought in new behaviour rules in the summer of 2015 to try to reign in the increasingly unseemly scenes between rival bosses, as Mirror Sport's chief football writer John Cross pointed out: https://twitter.com/johncrossmirror/status/803170823502761984 So cool your jets United fans. There is no conspiracy (at least not about this). It's just the rules. Catch up with this week's episode of Football Friday Live:Football

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