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Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur have both been fined £20,000 after the clubs admitted a breach of FA Rules.

Both clubs were charged with failing to control their players after a scuffle that led to Christian Benteke's red card in the 2-1 Villa Park defeat on 2nd November.

The clubs accepted the standard penalty fine of £20,000.

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Villa felt hard done by in the home defeat to Spurs with Jan Vertonghen and Nacer Chadli escaping red cards for fouls on Ashley Westwood and Ryan Mason going unpunished for his part in the Benteke incident.