Tottenham and Brighton charged by FA for touchline bust-up.

Staff Reporter.

Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion have been charged over a mass confrontation on the touchline during Saturday’s Premier League match, the Football Association said on Wednesday.

Spurs caretaker manager Christian Stellini and Brighton coach Roberto De Zerbi were sent off in the 58th minute following a brawl involving both benches.

“Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion have been charged for a mass confrontation that took place during the 58th minute of their Premier League game on Saturday 8 April,” read a statement from the FA on Wednesday.

“It’s alleged that both clubs failed to ensure their technical area occupants conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and/or do not behave in a way which is improper. Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion have until Monday 18 April to respond.”

The clubs have until April 17 to respond to the charges.

The game was notable for a number of controversial decisions by the officials, with Brighton twice having goals disallowed by the VAR for handball, while they were denied a penalty by Atwell for a Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg trip on Kaoru Mitoma.

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