Fulham Striker, Aleksandar Mitrovic Receives Eight-Match Ban For Pushing Referee
Fulham striker, Aleksandar Mitrovic has received an eight-match ban after pushing referee Chris Kavanagh in their FA Cup loss at Manchester United.
The Serbia striker received a three-match ban for the sending-off, three for violent conduct, and an additional two for “improper, abusive, insulting, and threatening” language.
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.
While the 45-year-old admitted abusive behavior towards match officials and that his post-match comments constituted improper conduct he denied that he threw the water bottle.
Silva made it known in a statement last week that he had apologized to Kavanagh and he “regrets what happened” in the match on 19 March.
One game of Mitrovic’s ban has already been served, meaning the forward will be available for Fulham’s last three Premier League games of the season, the first coming at Southampton on 13 May.
Following Mitrovic’s straight red card, the Football Association had said its standard punishment for his dismissal at Old Trafford was “clearly insufficient“.
