Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will accept his misconduct charge but will request a personal hearing with the Football Association (FA) to plead his case for a lenient punishment.
Wenger was charged with misconduct by the FA on Monday following his actions in Sunday's 2-1 win over Burnley in the Premier League.
The 67-year-old appeared to push Anthony Taylor twice after the fourth official told the Frenchman to leave the tunnel, where he had stopped to watch Burnley's Andre Gray take an injury-time penalty.
Wenger told a news conference on Thursday morning that he would request a personal hearing with the FA to plead his case.
Wenger, whose side went on to win the match thanks to Alexis Sanchez's penalty in the eighth minute of injury time, apologised for his behaviour immediately after the game and told a news conference on Thursday that he would not be appealing the charge.
"I think if I am after 34 years still in the job it is because I am big enough to stand up for what I do," Wenger said. "I came out after the game and I said what I think I had to say. When I don't behave like I think I should behave, I'm big enough say 'yes, that's not right', and that's it."
However, he would not speculate on what kind of punishment he could receive, but said he would try to explain to the FA the reasons for why he had remained in the tunnel rather than going into the stands or inside the stadium.
"I don't know if I will be punished and how I will be punished," he said. "If I am punished, the only thing I can say is that I thought when I was sent off I was surprised and I was in the tunnel because I thought I had the right to be in the tunnel. Last time I was sent off wrongly, in 2009, I had to go in the stand at Old Trafford and I didn't know where to go. No one tells you what you have to do when you are sent off."
Former referees Keith Hackett and Graham Poll have called for the Gunners boss to get a lengthy ban for his actions.
Alan Pardew was handed a £20,000 fine and a two-match ban when in charge of Newcastle after accepting an improper conduct charge following an incident in August 2012 when he shoved assistant referee Peter Kirkup.
A ban would likely mean Wenger could not take charge of Arsenal's crucial visit to Premier League leaders Chelsea next weekend, and the Frenchman acknowledged that a lengthy suspension could have an affect on the team.
"Yeah, of course, because I prefer to be physically there with the team. The team is used to me being there - it's not ideal conditions," he said. "If you ask me, personally I would prefer to be on the bench."
Wenger last served a ban following UEFA sanctions in 2012 which saw him suspended from the touchline for three Champions League games after comments he made about referee Damir Skomina following defeat to AC Milan. And the 67-year-old said it was clear he has not mellowed with age.
"I haven't been touched by that yet," he said. "I am a passionate guy and I believe that I am completely committed in my job and want to win football games and I am completely passionate about it, like all the managers who work in the Premier League."