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Watford captain Moussa Sissoko has been handed a three-game ban for violent conduct in an incident not seen by the officials during the win over Blackburn Rovers at Vicarage Road on Saturday.
Although not shown a card during the game, Sissoko was reported to referee Darren England by Blackburn skipper Lewis Travis during the first half for an alleged head-butt.
The match officials did not see the incident and so Mr England could not include it directly in his match report, but he referenced what Travis had told him in the section which allows referees to supply any additional information.
The FA then studied video of the alleged incident, which is understood to show Sissoko – who denied the charge – pushing his head towards Travis.
As a result, the FA have retrospectively handed Sissoko a three-match ban – the same as he would have received had Mr England seen it and shown a red card for violent conduct.
Sissoko will now miss tomorrow’s game at Sheffield Wednesday, the trip to Swansea on Tuesday and the home game with Oxford United next Friday night.
The former French international has never been a shown a straight red during his career, but has been sent off for picking up two yellows on three occasions – twice for Newcastle in 2014/15 and once for Marseille in 2011/12.
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Watford captain Sissoko handed three-match ban by FA
1st November
Watford FC
By Andrew French
@androofrench
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Moussa Sissoko in action against Blackburn. <i>(Image: PA)</i>
Moussa Sissoko in action against Blackburn. (Image: PA)
Watford captain Moussa Sissoko has been handed a three-game ban for violent conduct in an incident not seen by the officials during the win over Blackburn Rovers at Vicarage Road on Saturday.
Although not shown a card during the game, Sissoko was reported to referee Darren England by Blackburn skipper Lewis Travis during the first half for an alleged head-butt.
The match officials did not see the incident and so Mr England could not include it directly in his match report, but he referenced what Travis had told him in the section which allows referees to supply any additional information.
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The FA then studied video of the alleged incident, which is understood to show Sissoko – who denied the charge – pushing his head towards Travis.
As a result, the FA have retrospectively handed Sissoko a three-match ban – the same as he would have received had Mr England seen it and shown a red card for violent conduct.
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Sissoko will now miss tomorrow’s game at Sheffield Wednesday, the trip to Swansea on Tuesday and the home game with Oxford United next Friday night.
The former French international has never been a shown a straight red during his career, but has been sent off for picking up two yellows on three occasions – twice for Newcastle in 2014/15 and once for Marseille in 2011/12.
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Although no defence for what Sissoko did, Watford would have every right to feel aggrieved at inconsistencies in the speed with which the FA handle different types of offence.
That’s because they were beaten at Deepdale on October 2 by a Preston team that included striker Milutin Osmajic, who scored two of the goals in the 3-0 defeat but was subsequently banned for eight games for an offence that had occurred more than a week earlier.
Osmajic was accused of biting Blackburn Rovers’ Owen Beck amid a scuffle late in the 0-0 draw at Deepdale on September 22 – a match shown live on Sky Sports, who aired numerous replays of the incident from multiple angles.
On the day, referee Matthew Donohue showed Osmajic a yellow card, and it was only when Beck went to the officials’ changing room after the game that further discussion of the incident took place.
Donohue, and his assistant, Matthew Jones, both told the FA in written submissions they did not see the incident at the time, but had seen a bite mark on Beck’s shoulder in the dressing room after the game.
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