Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic gets eight-game ban after shoving referee

Aleksandar Mitrovic has received an eight-match ban for his conduct during Fulham’s FA Cup defeat at Manchester United, which included shoving the referee Chris Kavanagh.

The Football Association said after the sanction was imposed by an independent regulatory commission: “We claimed the standard punishment which would otherwise apply to Aleksandar Mitrović for the sending-off offence of violent conduct that he committed towards the match referee around the 72nd minute was clearly insufficient. The forward denied this, but it was upheld by the Regulatory Commission, and a three-match ban was imposed. This is in addition to the three-match ban he had already received for the red card offence. ”The forward separately admitted that his behaviour and language after being sent off was improper, abusive, insulting and threatening, and the Regulatory Commission imposed an additional two-match ban and £75,000 fine. ”In total, the Regulatory Commission has suspended Aleksandar Mitrović for eight matches. One of these has already been served, and therefore the forward will be unavailable for Fulham FC’s next seven matches.”

Fulham’s manager, Marco Silva, has been given a two-game touchline ban for his behaviour at Old Trafford.

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