 Jamie Carragher has criticised Mikel Arteta for his touchline behaviour in the Community Shield while Gary Neville claims new rules affecting managers this season are a direct result of the Arsenal manager's conduct. Arsenal news, exclusives and analysis Sign up Privacy Policy The Spanish coach, who has always been a vocal and incredibly animated presence on the touchline, was booked after just 18 minutes at Wembley on Sunday, having berated the fourth official after a Manchester City player escaped a yellow card. Arteta became the first victim of new rules introduced this season designed to clamp down on bad behaviour from managers, with coaches now restricted to staying in their technical areas at all times and barred from confronting officials. Former Manchester United defender Neville actually claims Arteta's much-talked-about conduct on the touchline last season played a large part in the FA's decision. Speaking on The Overlap Fan Debate, Neville revealed: 'I spoke to a non-league coach and they had a briefing in pre-season about touchline behaviour and they said that Arteta was a big reason that it was brought in, because of last season's behaviour.' Carragher, meanwhile, was astonished by how animated Arteta was during Arsenal's penalty shootout victory over City and feels he got a little carried away given the season proper has not even started yet. 'I thought it was interesting watching the game how wound up Arteta was on the side of the pitch after about 10 minutes,' said the Liverpool legend. Arteta was booked by Stuart Attwell during Sunday's match (Picture: Getty) 'I love passion, we [Liverpool] have got Jurgen Klopp, you love it when he's involved and we all love to see our managers show that. But I just thought it was too much. Ten minutes into the Community Shield? 'He got a yellow card himself because he wanted someone booked for pulling a shirt and I thought, 'Wow!' 'He wa){kind=link}
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Jamie Carragher has criticised Mikel Arteta for his touchline behaviour in the Community Shield while Gary Neville claims new rules affecting managers this season are a direct result of the Arsenal manager’s conduct.
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The Spanish coach, who has always been a vocal and incredibly animated presence on the touchline, was booked after just 18 minutes at Wembley on Sunday, having berated the fourth official after a Manchester City player escaped a yellow card.
Arteta became the first victim of new rules introduced this season designed to clamp down on bad behaviour from managers, with coaches now restricted to staying in their technical areas at all times and barred from confronting officials.