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Manchester United’s star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Tuesday accepted a 3-match ban slapped on him by the Football Association (FA) for elbowing Bournemouth defender Tyrone Mings during a English Premier League match between the sides on Sunday.
The FA released the following statement:
"Zlatan Ibrahimovic will serve a three-match suspension with immediate effect after he admitted an FA charge of violent conduct and accepted the standard penalty.
"It follows an incident in or around the 44th minute of the game between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth on Saturday (4 March 2017).
"The misconduct was not seen by the match officials at the time but caught on video.”
The Swede has only missed one league game in the 2016-17 season with the English giants and that was a game against Arsenal in November.
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The news comes at a particularly bad time for the Red Devils, as the 35-year-old will miss a crunch FA Cup quarterfinal against Chelsea and two subsequent league games against Middlesborough and West Brom. With the race for the Champions League spots heating up, United cannot afford to drop points and his big presence in the box will be sorely missed by the English giants as he is their top-scorer in all competions by a considerable margin.
He is, however, available for selection for United’s Europa League tie against Rostov as the suspension is applicable only for domestic fixtures.
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