Everton and Liverpool are both sued by the FA after the chaotic scenes that followed after the last whistle of the last Merseyside Derby ever in Goodison Park.
A massive fight broke out after the 2-2 draw on Wednesday when Curtis Jones of Liverpool confronted the Abdoulaye Doucoure of Everton after the midfielder of Toffees James Tarkowski had celebrated the late equalizer of James Tarkowski for the traveling fans.
Both sets of players became involved in the fight, with referee Michael Oliver then showing red cards to Jones and Doucoure for their behavior.
The count of the red card doubled a little later when Reds -Baas Arne Slot and his assistant Sipke Hulshoff were also sent after confronting Oliver on the field.
The FA has now assessed the incident and have issued a total of five charges to Everton, Liverpool, Slot and Hulshoff.
A statement in which the charges are confirmed on Friday evening was: 'Everton, Liverpool, Arne Slot and Sipke Hulshoff were charged after the Premier League match between the clubs on Wednesday 12 February.
'It is claimed that both clubs failed to ensure that their players and/or technical occupants did not behave in an incorrect and/or provocative way after the last whistle.
'The Liverpool manager would have acted and/or insulting and/or offensive words and/or behavior in an incorrect way for both the competition referee and an assistant referee after the match ended.
'It is claimed that the Liverpool assistant manager acted in an incorrect way and/or insulting and/or offensive words and/or behavior against a competition official used, which led to his dismissal. It is also claimed that he acted in an incorrect way and/or insulting and/or offensive words and/or behavior used to a competition officer after he was sent.
“Everton, Liverpool, Arne Slot and Sipke Hulshoff have until next Wednesday, February 19 to give their respective answers.”
Jones or Doucoure did not mention the FA statement. The couple were both shown second yellow cards and is expected to serve one match matches.
There had been some confusion when Slot and Hulshoff could possibly serve suspensions.
Initially, they were expected to be banned from the Touchline for Sunday's collision with wolves in Anfield, with a different assistants from Slot, Johnny Heitinga, ready to take the lead over the team.
But Slot and Hulshoff now have until next Wednesday to respond to the charges against them, and seem to be in the Dugout this weekend.
If they accept the charges, they can both miss the journey from Liverpool to Aston Villa next Wednesday.
Slot has already been sent away this season and can stand in line for a suspension of two games, which can see him absent in the touchline when Liverpool is facing Manchester City in Etihad on 23 February.
Speaking on Friday morning about the scenes after the game on Wednesday, Slot refused to go in specific details about his confrontation with Oliver, but admitted that he could have treated things differently.
“The emotions have improved me,” he said. 'If I could do it differently, I would like to. I hope to do it differently next time.
'There were many things that happened in extra time that led me to be emotional, but there is now a process that I have to respect, so I will not go into details (in what was said).
“There was a VAR check and then five minutes extra time ended as eight minutes, many things happened to be emotional, but it would not be smart to go on every incident.”
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