Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts said on Friday he received abusive messages and threats after he kicked Crystal Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta in the head last weekend. (More Football News)
Liam Roberts was sent off after eight minutes of the match between the London rivals
Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts said on Friday he received abusive messages and threats after he kicked Crystal Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta in the head last weekend. (More Football News)
Roberts' three-game ban was doubled to six games on Friday after the English Football Association wanted him to be given extra punishment.
During an FA Cup fifth-round match last Saturday, Roberts' dangerous challenge left Mateta needing 25 stitches on a severely lacerated ear.
바카라I am devastated by what happened," Roberts said in a statement. "I unequivocally accept the red card as awarded and accept my punishment. Furthermore, it has been extremely unpleasant to observe suggestions that I intended to harm a fellow professional. I have categorically never stepped onto a football pitch with the intention of hurting anyone.바카라
Roberts said he received 바카라unthinkable amount of abusive messages and threats towards my family and I.바카라
He was sent off after eight minutes of the match between the London rivals.
A standard three-match ban is issued for straight red cards, but the FA asked for a bigger suspension and an independent panel upheld the claim.
바카라The FA claimed that 바카라 in the circumstances 바카라 the standard punishment for this offense was clearly insufficient, and Liam Roberts subsequently denied this,바카라 the governing body said in a statement on Friday.
Mateta was substituted and taken to hospital for specialist treatment. He was discharged later Saturday.
바카라In all the time I've watched football I've never seen a challenge like it,바카라 Palace chairman Steve Parish told the BBC during the halftime break. 바카라That is the most reckless challenge on a football pitch I think I've ever seen.바카라
Roberts said he reached out to Mateta to check on his condition and the Palace forward 바카라reassured me not to worry.바카라
Palace coach Oliver Glasner said on Friday that Mateta would miss Saturday's Premier League match against Ipswich, but could be available for the FA Cup quarterfinal against Fulham at the end of the month.
바카라He had no fractures or concussion. Healing from the huge wound is going as we expected," he said