Everton’s Oumar Niasse will serve a two-match ban after his appeal against a diving charge was rejected, becoming the first Premier League player to be hit with a retrospective suspension. The Senegalese was charged on Tuesday by the Football Association after he won a controversial penalty in Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace. “Everton’s Oumar Niasse will serve a two-match suspension with immediate effect after his denial of an FA charge of ‘Successful Deception of a Match Official’ was rejected,” said a statement from the FA on Wednesday. Leighton Baines converted the spot-kick to cancel out James McArthur’s opener for the hosts, and Niasse later netted a second equaliser. Dann said after the game that Niasse had “conned the referee”.

Source: Punch November 22, 2017 16:18 UTC