Liverpool have been hit with a £20,000 fine for failing to control their players earlier this month.
Reds players surrounded referee Keith Friend after he sent off Jay Spearing late in the 1-0 loss to Fulham at Craven Cottage on December 5 and the club has now admitted the charge although they have contested the severity of the financial penalty.
"However, at an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing today [Wednesday 28 December] the fine was imposed.""The club admitted the charge, which was in relation to the dismissal of Jay Spearing, but did not accept the standard £20,000 penalty for the offence," read a statement on the FA's official website.
