West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic is set to escape a touchline ban for throwing a microphone in a move that will further infuriate Jose Mourinho.

Bilic has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association for flinging a microphone to the ground and being sent-off in the draw with West Bromwich Albion. But Bilic is expected to be hit with the standard punishment of an £8,000 fine, rather than a touchline ban, even though Manchester United manager Mourinho was given a one-game suspension for kicking a water bottle.

Mourinho has already complained he is treated differently to other managers such as Arsene Wenger and Jurgen Klopp by the authorities, but his punishment was as a result of previous bad behaviour.