Brendan Rodgers will face a Scottish FA hearing after being charged with strongly criticizing officials after Celtic's defeat to Heart of Midlothian on Sunday.
The Celtic manager singled out VAR official John Beaton, claiming he was a “really bad referee”.
When Hearts were awarded a penalty and led 1-0, Beaton called referee Don Robertson to the monitor.
Celtic had earlier upgraded Yang Hyun-joong's yellow card to a red card.
“Today's game was refereed off the field,” Rodgers said after winger Yan was sent off due to VAR intervention and Tomoki Iwata was awarded a penalty for Hearts' first goal after the ball hit a midfielder's arm. insisted.
The Scottish champions appealed their red card for a high boot on Hearts full-back Alex Coquelin on Wednesday, but the SFA refused.
The governing body has now summoned Mr. Rogers to a hearing on Thursday, March 28, for violating Disciplinary Regulation No. 72. Disciplinary rules prohibit criticism that “suggests bias or incompetence on the part of match officials'' and “making statements that may influence match officials.'' About his character.”
If the independent tribunal rules against Rodgers and imposes a minimum two-match ban, Rodgers will face Celtic's visit to Livingston on March 31st, and a week later he will be suspended for a minimum of two games. He will be sitting in the stands for what could be a pivotal derby against the Reds running back Rangers.