Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic accepts three-match ban for elbow vs Bournemouth

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic has accepted the Football Association's violent conduct charge and the Manchester United striker will now serve a three-match ban.

The 26-goal Swedish striker was charged for elbowing Bournemouth's Tyrone Mings in last Saturday's Old Trafford 1-1 Premier League draw.

Referee Kevin Friend and his assistants didn't see the incident just before half time and so the FA were able to punish him with retrospective action.

They charged the 35-year-old yesterday and he had until this evening to appeal but United's leading scorer decided against that course of action and he'll miss next Monday night's FA Cup quarter final at Chelsea, the trip to Middlesbrough and the home game against West Bromwich Albion.


The FA announced: “Zlatan Ibrahimovic will serve a three-match suspension with immediate effect after he admitted an FA charge of violent conduct and accepted the standard penalty.

“It follows an incident in or around the 44th minute of the game between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth on Saturday (4 March 2017).