Video: This is the incident that just earned Aston Villa's Leandro Bacuna a six-game ban

Leandro Bacuna

Bacuna, unsurprisingly, was sent off for his actions. Now’s he’s been handed a six-game ban for the incident in which he argues with linesman Mark Russell over a simple throw-in.

The FA have labelled the incident "violent conduct", noting that "the standard three-match ban would be clearly insufficient". Which seems fair enough, really. 

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