Reading and Nottingham Forest have both been charged by the FA after they 'failed to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion'.

The statement refers to an incident in the 62nd minute that saw several players from both sides get booked, including Forest defender Danny Fox who was shown a second yellow as a result.

Players from both sides got involved after a late tackle with a lot of pushing and shoving and the FA released the following tweet this evening.

"Reading and Nottingham Forest have been charged following their league match on 12/01/2019. It is alleged that they failed to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion during the 62nd minute. Both clubs have until 18:00 on 18/01/19 to respond to the charge."

As you can see, both clubs can contest the charge and have until 6pm on Friday to do so. It's likely that will each receive a warning and a fine for what happened.

It was an ill-tempered game at the Madejski Stadium, with Forest going down to nine men later on after Tendayi Darikwa was given a straight red.

The Royals ended up winning 2-0 to move to withing two points of safety.

The Verdict

This is understandable as it was a feisty game and the players can't act how they did in the second half for that incident.

These things happen though and the FA are sure to just fine the clubs and warn them about their future behaviour.

As the season progresses there will be more on each game but the players need to make sure they don't cross a line.

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