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Arsenal exited the Champions League despite victory on Tuesday. SCOTT HEPPELL/AP/Press Association Images

Salt in the wounds as Wenger charged for improper conduct

Arsenal boss will be punished for his post-match criticism of the referee in Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Milan.

ARSENE WENGER HAS been charged with improper conduct by UEFA following his post-match criticism of the referee in Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Milan.

Despite their comfortable victory, the north London side dropped out of the Champions League on aggregate as they failed to overturn a 4-0 first-leg deficit.

And Wenger vented his frustration about referee Damir Skomina after the match, claiming the Slovenian official was the reason for his side’s elimination.

Skomina awarded Milan 21 free-kicks, a number which Wenger insisted was unreasonable. The Arsenal manager is likely to receive a touchline ban from UEFA, a move which would represent a third such sanction for the Frenchman in the last year.

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