Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert fine by FA for his outburst against referee after the Chelsea clash

Silence Is Golden: Villa manager Paul Lambert has been fined by the FA for comments against the referee during the match versus Chelsea

According to ESPN, Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has been saddled with a £8000 fine by FA.

The referee did not award a penalty to Villa when it looked like John Terry had handled the ball while jostling with Gabriel Agbonlahor. The 44-year-old manager was left fuming and stated that Branislav Ivanovic should have been red-carded after elbowing Villa striker Christian Benteke.

Lambert, who took over the reigns of the club after managing Norwich City last year, criticized referee Kevin Friend’s actions, accusing him of favouring The Blues. Chelsea‘s Siberian defender Branislav Ivanovic scored the winner for his team.

Lambert was quoted as saying after the match, “It’s a sending-off, it is there for everybody to see. He (Ivanovic) clearly elbowed Christian.

“The penalty was a penalty, everybody saw that. Gabby has won the header and it has hit John’s hand. I’m pretty sure if it had been down the other end, it would have been given.

“The referee missed two huge moments. How can you miss a decision of that magnitude? It is beyond me. My team were brilliant. I don’t think we deserved to lose that game”

A statement on the FA’s website read, “Following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing, Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has been fined £8,000 in relation to post-match media comments he made after his side’s game against Chelsea on 21 August 2013.

“The misconduct charge, which Lambert admitted, was that the comments implied the match referee was motivated by bias; and/or brought the game into disrepute, in contravention of FA Rule E3(1).”