Keane faces FA charge after ref clash

SUNDERLAND boss Roy Keane has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association after being sent to the stands during Saturday’s 5-0 defeat at Chelsea.

The Corkman was asked to leave the dugout by match referee Martin Atkinson after he had questioned series of decisions in the tunnel at half-time as his side was put to the sword at Stamford Bridge.

An FA statement said: “Sunderland manager Roy Keane has been charged with improper conduct. The charge relates to his conduct towards referee Martin Atkinson in the tunnel at half-time of Sunderland’s match against Chelsea on Saturday, November 1.