Mitrovic charged after Lanzini ‘clash’

Newcastle’s Aleksandar Mitrovic is facing a three game ban after being charged with violent conduct against Manu Lanzini in the weekend match.

A  Football Association   statement said:  “Aleksandar Mitrovic has been charged for an alleged act of violent conduct which was not seen by the match officials but caught on video.

“The Newcastle United forward was involved in an incident with West Ham United’s Manuel Lanzini in the 80th minute of the game on Saturday (26 August 2017).

“He has until 6pm on 30 August 2017 to respond to the charge.”

Mitrovic appeared to clash with Manuel Lanzini in an incident that was not seen by any of the match officials at St James’ Park.

The Serbian was a second half substitute and went on to score the third and final goal in the 3-0 win.

FA chiefs are able to retrospectively ban footballers for incidents that are not included in a referee’s post-match report.