Igor Tudor charged with misconduct after referee comments

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 18: Igor Tudor, Interim Manager of Tottenham Hotspur, reacts during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 Second Leg match between Tottenham Hotspur FC and Atletico de Madrid at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on March 18, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) | Getty Images Is there an honest-to-God refereeing conspiracy against Tottenham Hotspur? Well, no (probably), but it’s sure beginning to feel like it after the Football Association yesterday announced a misconduct charge against interim Spurs manager Igor Tudor: pic.

twitter. com/HyHoIjFl1D — FA Spokesperson (@FAspokesperson) March 19, 2026 As specified in the release from the FA, the charge relates to comments Tudor made following Spurs’ away loss to Fulham, in which a two-handed shove from Raul Jimenez in the back of Radu Dragusin created space for a flick-on that resulted in Harry Wilson’s opening goal. It was an especially egregious non-call in the light of Spurs’ previous match as well, when Randal Kolo Muani had a goal chalked off against rivals Arsenal as defender Gabriel went down under even less contact in a similar coming-together.

Suffice to say, Tudor was not well pleased at the inconsistency, as well as a number of other calls that went against Spurs in the match at Craven Cottage: “I didn’t like the referee today, too much of a home team referee. I didn’t feel well with him. “All the decisions were on their side.

He doesn’t understand football, the feeling of what is wrong and what is right. “He [Jimenez] was not thinking about the ball, he was thinking how to cheat, he cheated the player, was pushing, it was cheating and it’s a foul. Ninety-nine of 100 people will say it’s a foul, it’s so obvious.