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Everton boss Frank Lampard has been fined £30,000 after the FA charged him with improper conduct.
The Toffees, who secured Premier League survival with a dramatic 3-2 win over Crystal Palace on May 19, lost 2-0 to Merseyside rivals Liverpool at Anfield on April 24.
And Lampard was left infuriated when referee Stuart Attwell failed to give a penalty after Joel Matip bundled into Anthony Gordon early in the second half when the game was goalless.
Speaking post-match, he said: “If that was [Mohamed] Salah at the other end, he gets a penalty. You don’t get them here. That’s the reality of football sometimes.”
The FA asked Lampard for an explanation of his comments and subsequently issued a charge of improper conduct by attacking the integrity of the referees.
Lampard denied the charge but has now been fined.
A tweet from the FA Spokesperson account said: “An independent regulatory commission has fined Frank Lampard £30,000 after finding a charge against him for breaching FA Rule E3 in relation to media comments proven during a personal hearing.
“The Everton manager made the comments after their Premier League game against Liverpool on April 24 and he denied that they constitute improper conduct as they imply bias and/or attack the integrity of the match referee — or referees generally — and/or bringing the game into disrepute contrary to FA Rule E3.1.”
