Arsene Wenger will find out on Friday if he is to be punished for communicating with Arsenal's bench against Udinese, BBC Sport understands.
The Gunners manager was already serving a one-match Uefa touchline ban during Tuesday's Champions League qualifier.
Arsenal say they were given the impression Wenger would be allowed to pass messages to assistant Pat Rice via first team coach Boro Primorac.
But Wenger was warned at half-time that this was not allowed.
Uefa confirmed it was looking into a potential breach of the rules and while any sanction would likely be a fine rather than another ban, Wenger insists he did everything he could to respect the regulations.
"It was very difficult because you don't know really what the rules are," said the Frenchman.
"They told us first that, through my assistant, he can communicate. And after half-time, it was not like that.
"It is a real concern because up to what level can you stop somebody doing his job? We tried to respect the rules and the rules are set by Uefa.
"But, of course, it is very difficult to see where you can stop a person having an influence. You cannot go to the dressing room - that's how I understand it and I didn't do it."
Wenger cut an agitated figure throughout the second half and did not attend the post-match media conference, insisting his one-match suspension also prevented him from conducting media duties.
Arsenal officials were puzzled by Uefa's stance, having left the pre-match briefing sure that Wenger could send messages to the coaching staff via a third party, in this instance Primorac.
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