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.”