Mail Sport – ‘FA to throw the book at Mitrovic’

The Mail says that Aleksandar Mitrovic faces a lengthy ban for shoving referee Chris Kavanagh in Fulham’s FA Cup defeat to Man Utd on Sunday.

Aleksandar Mitrovic is facing a lengthy ban for shoving referee 

MAIL SPORT says Aleksandar Mitrovic and Marco Silva are facing lengthy bans after the Football Association last night slapped Fulham with a raft of charges following their FA Cup meltdown at Old Trafford.

Mitrovic was red carded after barging into referee Chris Kavanagh amid a foul-mouthed tirade and the FA say the standard three-game suspension is ‘clearly insufficient’. 

Fulham manager Silva has also been charged for abusive behaviour towards Kavanagh and fourth official David Coote, and for throwing a water bottle towards assistant referee Scott Ledger.

The FA were on Monday waiting on the referee’s report before deciding whether to seek further punishment for Mitrovic, with Sportsmail columnist Chris Sutton saying the 28-year-old Serbian should miss the rest of the Premier League season for pushing Kavanagh. 

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