Mousa Dembele Given 6-Match FA Ban: Latest Details and Reaction

Mousa Dembele has been handed a six-match ban by the Football Association for gouging Diego Costa’s eye in Tottenham Hotspur’s explosive showdown with Chelsea on Monday.

The FA announced the midfielder’s ban in a statement on Friday:

Mousa Dembélé will serve a six-match suspension with immediate effect after he committed an act of violent conduct which was not seen by the match officials but caught on video.

The Tottenham Hotspur midfielder accepted the charge but denied The FA’s claim that the standard punishment of three matches which would otherwise apply to this offence was clearly insufficient.

The Belgian will not feature again this season and will also miss the first four matches of next year.

Dembele and Costa clashed in a mass brawl at the end of the first half—one of a number of …

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