Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has been handed an eight-game ban after he barged a referee during his side’s FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Manchester United last month.
The Serbian international was shown a straight red card for pushing Chris Kavanagh after the official awarded a penalty and dismissed Fulham’s Willian for deliberate handball on the line.
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Fulham manager Marco Silva was also shown a red card at the time and will serve a two-game ban.
Silva’s men were leading 1-0 at the time of the red cards, but went on to lose 3-1 at Old Trafford.
On top of an automatic three-match ban, Mitrovic was handed another three games for violent conduct towards a match official and further two for using language that was “improper, abusive, insulting and threatening”.
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The 28-year-old accepted the latter charge, which also came with a £75,000 ($93,000) fine.
Mitrovic said last week that he regretted his actions and had spoken to Kavanagh to apologise
He served the first match of his ban in Fulham’s 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth and will remain unavailable until the Cottagers face Southampton on May 13.
Mitrovic has been in fine form for Fulham this season with 11 Premier League goals as Marco Silva’s side surpassed all expectations.
Fulham were in fine form after the World Cup break with four straight wins to sit as high as seventh on the ladder in an unlikely push for a European spot.
However, Silva’s troops have won just twice in their last nine league fixtures, losing five of those as Fulham slipped to 10th on the ladder.
