Kompany is handed two-game ban and £10,000 fine

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany has been fined £10,000 and handed a two-match touchline ban.
The Belgian manager has been penalised for ‘misconduct at the Premier League clash against Chelsea on March 30’, according to an official statement issued by the Football Association.

Kompany will have one enforced game banned from the touchline, while the second will be suspended for the rest of the year until December 31, 2024.

The statement added that the manager had admitted his ‘language and/or behaviour’ during the game was ‘improper and/or abusive and/or insulting towards a match official’, as well as questioning the integrity of an official.

Tempers flared after referee Darren England awarded a penalty to the Blues in the 40th minute for Lorenz Assignon’s foul on Mykhailo Mudryk.

The Burnley defender was also shown a second yellow card, forcing the Clarets to play the second half with 10 men.

Kompany was sent off for protesting on the touchline and afterwards expressed his opinion that officials have not been good enough throughout the season, following which he was officially charged with misconduct.

‘I’ll keep saying what I think,’ Kompany said in the wake of the game.

‘I’m not shying away from it and I’ve said it to the referees themselves, the officials, refereeing hasn’t been good enough this season.

‘And I have said that in, I think, a constructive way, understanding as well the fact it’s not easy for them. The scrutiny is massive, the pressure is bigger than it’s ever been on the officials.

‘I think the addition of VAR and more opinions and more officials doesn’t make it easy for them to do their jobs.

‘I haven’t got any issues with being fined. I just want it to be right.’

Burnley are currently battling against relegation, and with six points between them and safety, the loss of their manager for the upcoming visit of Brighton will perhaps be a bitter blow.