Manchester City’s Bacary Sagna has been fined £40,000 by the FA for misconduct in relation to a comment he posted on his Instagram page few days ago. “10 against 12.. but still fighting and winning as a team″ was posted shortly after City’s 2-1 victory against Burnley. and that had gotten the French player into a huge trouble
Before this punishment was meted out to him, Sagna said he had made the posting in the heat of the moment and took it down when he realized the implications. However, Manchester City are set to appeal the hefty fine .
Jonny Evans and Papiss Cisse suspended for spitting.
Manchester United’s Jonny Evans and Newcastle United forward, Papiss Cisse have been charged by the Football Association following a spitting incident between the two at St James’ Park on Wednesday.
After footage of the incident was reviewed by a three-man panel, FA agreed that Cisse and Evans should serve suspensions of 7 matches and 6 matches respectively with immediate effect.
A statement on the FA website.”Newcastle United’s Papiss Cisse and Manchester United’s Jonny Evans have both been charged by The FA following their game on Wednesday 4 March 2015. The charges are in relation to an alleged breach of FA Rule E1[a] in that in or around the 38th minute of the game the two players spat at each other.”