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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger could face disciplinary action from UEFA after his verbal attack on referee Martin Hansson, according to The Times. The Frenchman recently dubbed the match official "incompetent or dishonest" for his handling of Porto's controversial second goal in their Champions League win over the Gunners on Wednesday. The incident in question occurred when Hansson allowed a quick free kick to be taken after Lukasz Fabianski picked up Sol Campbell's back pass in the penalty area. The 2-1 defeat in Portugal means Arsenal have it all to do in the second leg of their last 16 tie, which will take place at the Emirates Stadium on March 9. Meanwhile, Wenger has called for European football's governing body to be more open with the processes used for selecting referees, suggesting a publicly accessable ranking system. "A lot of things have to be clarified at UEFA," he said. "First, how they nominate referees for games. They need to be more open how they rate the referees. No one knows how and why they name them. Where is the ranking of referees? "Too much has gone on in the history of refereeing in Europe in the past 30 years [that] is not very good for football. A lot of things have to be done."