(Reuters) - The Football Association's retrospective ban on Everton striker Oumar Niasse for "diving" against bottom-of-the-league Crystal Palace won't help get the Premier League side out of their current predicament, Palace manager Roy Hodgson said on Thursday. Niasse fell after minimal contact from Palace defender Scott Dann to earn a penalty that Everton's Leighton Baines converted in last weekend's 2-2 draw. Niasse was banned for successful deception of a match official on Wednesday. "It doesn't help us a great deal," Hodgson told a news conference ahead of Saturday's game against 15-placed Stoke City. "It would've been nicer if the penalty had not been given and he not having to serve a two-match suspension.

Source: The Star November 23, 2017 17:24 UTC