Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic has been given an eight-match ban after pushing referee Chris Kavanagh in their FA Cup loss at Manchester United.
The Serbia striker served the first game of his suspension in Saturday’s 2-1 Premier League defeat at Bournemouth.
and will now miss Fulham’s next seven top-flight matches.
Mitrovic initially received a standard three-match ban for a red card, but that has been extended by three games for violent conduct towards a match official and another two for using language that was “improper, abusive, insulting and threatening”. He will also receive a £75,000 fine.
Fulham manager Marco Silva will serve a two-match ban after he was sent off. In addition to an improper conduct charge for allegedly throwing a water bottle in the direction of the assistant referee, Silva was charged with misconduct for comments he made in a press conference following the FA cup defeat.
Mitrovic will be available for Fulham’s last three Premier League games of the season. The first of which is coming at Southampton on 13 May.
Following the announcement, the FA said it would appeal against both sanctions. However, it would wait for the written reasons from the independent commission.
Fulham is currently 10th in the Premier League and host West Ham on Saturday.
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