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Hull City face punishment over failing to control players vs. Leicester

Hull City have been charged by the Football Association for failing to control their players during the 0-0 draw with Leicester on Saturday.

Hull's Alex Bruce was booked in the second half for a challenge on Riyad Mahrez, with his teammates reacting to what appeared to be attempts from Leicester players to get the defender penalised.

An FA statement read: "Hull City have been charged by the FA for failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion.

"The allegation relates to an incident which occurred in or around the 68th minute of their fixture against Leicester City on March 14, 2015.

"The club has until 6 p.m. on March 23, 2015 to respond to the charge."

Hull defender Michael Dawson was also booked in the game, along with Andrew Robertson and Dame N'Doye, while Tom Huddlestone was sent off.

"It got a bit angry towards the end, but for me the referee booked my two centre-backs for [fair] challenges," Hull boss Steve Bruce said afterwards. "There wasn't a nasty challenge in the game yet we've had five yellow cards and a sending off. I never saw that coming.

"The reason we enjoy the Premier League is its honesty and integrity and if we're going to go down the route of every other league -- jumping around and whinging and trying to get people yellow and red cards -- for me that's not right.''