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Roberts was sent off just eight minutes into the FA Cup fifth-round game after he ran out of the box and leaped to kick the ball clear, but struck Mateta in the side of the face with a high left-footed follow-through, which resulted in the…Read More
Millwall keeper Liam Roberts takes out Crystal Palace forward Jean-Philippe Mateta. (AP)
Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts could receive an extended ban for a dangerous challenge which left Crystal Palace forward Jean-Philippe Mateta needing 25 stitches.
The Football Association said it had filed a claim to increase Roberts’ punishment from the standard three-game ban for serious foul play, which it called “clearly insufficient.” Roberts has until Thursday to provide a response, the FA said.
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Roberts was sent off just eight minutes into the FA Cup fifth-round game after he ran out of the box and leaped to kick the ball clear, but struck Mateta in the side of the face with a high left-footed follow-through.
Mateta needed lengthy medical treatment before he was stretchered off the field wearing a neck brace and taken to hospital. Palace said he needed “specialist treatment and 25 stitches to a severe laceration to his left ear.”
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Palace won the game 3-1 for a place in the FA Cup quarterfinals. Mateta, Palace’s top scorer this season, has said he hopes to be back in action “very soon.”
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – Associated Press)
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