Dembele Banned For Six Matches

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Mousa Dembele has been banned for six games by the Football Association for violent conduct against Chelsea’s Diego Costa.

Belgium international Dembele appeared to eye-gouge forward Costa during Spurs’ 2-2 draw with Chelsea on Monday.

Referee Mark Clattenburg did not punish the 28-year-old during the game.

Dembele chose not to contest the charge, and will now be unavailable to manager Mauricio Pochettino until Spurs’ fifth game of next season.

He has made 29 appearances in the league this season, scoring three goals.

Dembele was one of nine Spurs players booked in the draw at Stamford Bridge – a Premier League record for one team.

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Dembele Banned For Six Matches

Defender Banned For Throat-Slit Gesture

Werder Bremen defender Papy Djilobodji has been banned for three games after making a throat-slitting gesture during Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Mainz.

Referee Manuel Graefe missed the incident, but German football officials reviewed the matter.

Senegal international Djilobodji, on loan from Chelsea, made the gesture towards Mainz winger Pablo de Blasis.

Werder have appealed in a bid to ensure Djilobodji, 27, can help them battle relegation from the Bundesliga.

They are one point above the drop zone with seven games left to play.

“We maintain that the ruling of a three-match ban is unjustifiable,” Bremen chief executive Thomas Eichin said.

Djilobodji, who joined Bremen in January, faces a further one-game suspension after picking up his fifth yellow card against Mainz.

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Defender Banned For Throat-Slit Gesture