League boss points finger at Emmanuel Adebayor

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The Togo striker is expected to be charged by the Football Association today after an investigation into an alleged stamp on former team-mate Robin van Persie and his provocative goal celebration in front of the Arsenal supporters.

Scudamore said: "We had a weekend of fantastic football action, including at Eastlands. It was a fantastic game of football.

"Why, when you run the Premier League, would you want the headlines on Sunday and Monday being about something else?

"You don't want it, so clearly it doesn't do any good for the brand in one sense.

"Of course you would rather it didn't happen. When these incidents come up, you would rather the talk was about the action and the competitiveness.

"All I would say is that these incidents, where they are on the field and beamed around the world, or the isolated incidents we get off the field of bad behaviour do not do the image of the League or of football any good."

Meanwhile, Greater Manchester Police have received a complaint alleging Van Persie swore at the crowd after scoring in Saturday's 4-2 defeat at City, but it is understood that further action is unlikely.