Aleksandar Mitrovic: Fulham striker handed eight-game ban for pushing referee Chris Kavanagh | Football News
Aleksandar Mitrovic was despatched off for pushing Chris Kavanagh throughout Fulham’s FA Cup defeat at Man Utd; Mitrovic served first sport of suspension in Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Bournemouth on Saturday; Marco Silva was additionally despatched off at Old Trafford and has been handed a two-match touchline ban
Aleksandar Mitrovic has been handed an eight-game ban after pushing referee Chris Kavanagh in Fulham’s FA Cup quarter-final defeat at Manchester United on March 19.
The Serbia striker served the primary sport of his suspension in Saturday’s 2-1 Premier League defeat at Bournemouth and can now miss Fulham’s subsequent seven top-flight matches.
Mitrovic initially obtained a typical three-match ban, however that has been prolonged by three video games for violent conduct in direction of a match official and one other two for utilizing language that was “improper, abusive, insulting and threatening”.
The 28-year-old admitted the latter offence, which additionally got here with a £75,000 high quality, however unsuccessfully disputed the cost of violent conduct.
Manager Marco Silva, whose personal dismissal alongside that of Willian led to Mitrovic’s indignant response, was additionally punished by the impartial regulatory fee.
Silva admitted utilizing abusive and insulting phrases or behaviour in direction of Kavanagh and the fourth official however denied throwing a water bottle in direction of the assistant referee.
The cost was nonetheless upheld, with a £20,000 high quality and one other of the identical quantity coming because of questioning the integrity of the referee throughout his post-match press convention. He was additionally hit with a two-game touchline ban.
An additional £40,000 penalty was issued in opposition to Fulham for failing to regulate their gamers.
However, the FA confirmed it plans to attraction in opposition to the selections of the impartial regulatory fee.
In an announcement, a spokesperson mentioned: “We word the choice of the impartial regulatory fee to sanction Aleksandar Mitrovic and Marco Silva.
“Our present intention is to attraction each sanctions, nevertheless we’ll await the written causes earlier than confirming our ultimate place.”
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