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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has accepted a three-match ban for
violent conduct for elbowing Bournemouth’s Tyrone
Mings during Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.
The Manchester United striker will miss Monday’s FA
Cup quarter-final at Chelsea and Premier League
games against Middlesbrough and West Brom.
Mings was also charged with violent conduct by the
Football Association.
But Bournemouth have said they will appeal against
the defender’s charge.
Ibrahimovic, who is United’s leading scorer this season
with 26 goals, is eligible to play in the Europa League
tie against Rostov in Russia on Thursday.
Mings, 23, landed on the United forward’s head with
his studs before Ibrahimovic, 35, caught his rival in the
face with his elbow at a corner.
The players were given until 18:00 GMT on Tuesday to
respond to the charge.
Deliberate elbowing and stamping are both red card
offences. However, the FA suggested Mings could
face an increased ban for his offence.
An FA statement said: “The FA has submitted a claim
that the standard punishment that would otherwise
apply for the misconduct committed by the
Bournemouth defender is ‘clearly insufficient’.”
“Off-the-ball incidents which are not seen at the time
by the match officials are referred to a panel of three
former elite referees.
“Each referee panel member will review the video
footage independently of one another to determine
whether they consider it a sending-off offence. For
retrospective action to be taken, and an FA charge to
follow, the decision of the panel must be unanimous.”