Leeds United news: Patrick Bamford handed two-match ban for deceiving referee in Championship clash with Aston Villa

Leeds United news: Patrick Bamford handed two-match ban for deceiving referee in Championship clash with Aston Villa
Patrick Bamford has been banned for two matches after being found guilty of successful deception of a match official.The striker went down as if been struck in the face by Aston Villa player Anwar El Ghazi after Leeds had scored a controversial opening goal.El Ghazi was sent off but replays showed no contact was made. His red card was rescinded on Tuesday.Getty2

Patrick Bamford has been banned for two games

Bamford was found guilty by the Football Association for successful deception of a match official and will miss their next two games.He will be absent for their trip to Ipswich and then the crucial first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final.Leeds responded to Bamfords two-match ban in a statement.Sky Sports Football2

Bamford went down after a clash with El Ghazi

It read: Whilst Patrick Bamford did not deny the charge of successful deception of a match official following our Sky Bet Championship game against Aston Villa on Sunday, the club did request a hearing to contest the penalty imposed on the player.The club felt that given the circumstances surrounding the incident, including the extraordinary act of sportsmanship which saw our head coach Marcelo Bielsa demand our team to allow Aston Villa to score an uncontested equaliser, we could have a sensible discussion around the sanction.We acknowledge that the FA panel did not feel that to be reasonable and the club therefore joins Patrick in accepting the two-match ban. Leeds scored the opener at Elland Road while Villas Jonathan Kodjia was down injured. It sparked a melee with clashes between both sets of players and club staff.It ended with manager Marcelo Bielsa instructing his side to allow the visitors to score an unopposed equaliser with the match ending 1-1.

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