Fabregas sweet with FA

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas will face no action from the Football Association despite allegations he verbally abused referee Lee Mason.

Fabregas was accused by opposition manager David Moyes of directing offensive language at Mason during the half-time break in Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Everton at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.

Immediately after the game, which Everton lost to a Laurent Koscielny goal in the 75th minute, an infuriated Moyes insisted that the Spain midfielder should have been punished for his alleged comments.

“I think at half-time in the tunnel was the worst,” Moyes said.

“Fabregas should have been sent off in the tunnel for his comments about the officials. It was disgusting.”

“I am not going to repeat what they were. They were disappointing comments from someone who is such a talented footballer.”

But Mason chose not to submit an Extraordinary Incident Report and the FA confirmed on Wednesday that the issue was closed.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger claims that he spoke to the match officials at half-time, not Fabregas.

“I was next to Fabregas at half-time and I can’t see why David Moyes is furious with him,” Wenger said.

“Fabregas didn’t speak to the referee at half-time, I did.”

But the Arsenal captain appears to have admitted he did pass some comment on Mason and his assistants as the players were leaving the field for the break.

“There has been much talk about me saying things to the officials at half-time on Tuesday night,” Fabregas said.

“All I can say is that I have respect for all match officials.”

“Players from both sides were saying things as we came off the pitch, and this always happens in football. Clearly the officials feel that nothing serious happened.”