West Ham winger Mohammed Kudus has been banned for 2 extra video games after his pink card at Tottenham final month.
Kudus’ foul on Micky van de Ven within the 82nd minute of a 4-1 defeat sparked a melee between the 2 units of gamers, with the Dutch defender claiming the winger “punched him in the face”.
Pape Matar Sarr was additionally shoved within the face by Kudus.
The participant was initially proven a yellow card by referee Andy Madley however this was later upgraded to a pink for violent conduct following a VAR verify, incomes the participant an automated three-match ban.
He was later hit with one other violent conduct cost by the Soccer Affiliation, which has now handed down the extra sanction.
Kudus has already missed video games with Manchester United and Nottingham Forest because of the preliminary ban, which concludes this weekend as his team-mates tackle Everton.
The additional suspension guidelines him out of a visit to Newcastle on Monday November 25 and a house sport in opposition to Arsenal on Saturday November 30, each of that are reside on Sky Sports activities.
Kudus ‘deeply embarrassed’ by incident
In line with the written causes printed from the unbiased regulatory fee, Kudus knowledgeable them he was “deeply embarrassed” by the incident and accepted the cost.
It learn: “MK [Mohamed Kudus] began his letter by apologising, stating that he was deeply embarrassed by his behaviour in the 20 seconds following his foul on Micky van de Ven.
“He accepted that he had misplaced his cool and stated that his behaviour was out of character.
“He stated that he could not recall the events clearly, but having viewed the footage, he felt that MvdV [Micky van de Ven] had exaggerated the incident as there was minimal contact from him…He accepted that he should not have pushed PS [Pape Sarr] in the face and that his action merited a red card. However, he did not injure anyone, or use force.
“MK [Mohamed Kudus] said that his preparation for the match had been mentally and bodily difficult as a result of he had travelled for a midweek worldwide fixture and had acquired varied unfavorable feedback on social media. He referred to his work throughout the neighborhood and in his dwelling nation of Ghana, stressing how he tried to be a job mannequin.”
