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Leeds boss Daniel Farke handed one-game suspension for reaction after Man City loss

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Published 3 months ago

Leeds United boss Daniel Farke ⁠has been handed a one-match suspension and a fine ‌of 8,000 pounds for confronting the ‌match officials after their ‌Premier League loss to Manchester ‌City, the Football Association said ‌on Friday.

[p]Soon after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norwich/Qo6off6p/"]City[/a] won [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/leeds-tUxUbLR2/manchester-city-Wtn9Stg0/?mid=YsWzvhXG"]1-0[/a] at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leeds/tUxUbLR2/"]Leeds[/a] last month, ‌Farke made a beeline ⁠for the ‌referee after the final whistle and ​was quickly shown a red card, with assistant ​manager Edmund Riemer suggesting what the German said was "too ⁠aggressive".[/p][p][b]"It was ​alleged that the manager entered the field of play at full time to confront ‌the match official/s, contrary to Law 12 of the Laws of the Game," [/b]the FA said in a statement.[/p][embed guid="d795fd63-c709-4d44-bebb-b523c2917f38" url="https://x.com/FAspokesperson/status/2029844667508965844" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"Daniel Farke subsequently admitted the charge against him and accepted the standard one-match suspension and ‌8,000 pounds fine."[/b][/p][p]Leeds are 15th ​in the league standings ‌and next host Norwich City - a team Farke previously managed - in the fifth round of the FA Cup ⁠on Sunday.[/p]

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