Thursday 4 May 2017 17:44, UK
Rafael Benitez has been charged with misconduct in relation to comments he made about the referee prior to Newcastle's game against Preston.
It is alleged his comments, made about match official Andrew Madley, were improper and/or brought the game into disrepute contrary to FA Rule E3(1).
Benitez has until 6pm on Tuesday May 9 to respond to the charge.
Benitez had questioned why Madley, who was born in Huddersfield, had been selected to take charge of such a crucial fixture.
In his media conference to preview the game, he said: "I was really surprised with that situation.
"In Spain this thing doesn't happen.
"So when you have a referee from a city or a team that are more or less close in the table, normally they don't referee those games.
"We don't have any problem, but we just want to avoid a situation that maybe nobody will understand.
"We are not normally complaining about the referees in press conferences or interviews."
