Spitting row: Cisse faces long ban as Evans denies charge

Papiss Cisse admits his guilt and apologises, but Jonathan Evans says he was unaware of spitting incident

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Newcastle United striker Papiss Cisse faces a seven-match ban after accepting a Football Association charge of spitting. Having already been suspended for violent conduct earlier in December – for elbowing Everton defender Séamus Colema – the Senegalese star is now likely to be unavailable for the Magpies until May 9.

The charge arose out of Newcastle's game against Manchester United on Wednesday evening when pictures appeared to show Cisse spitting at United defender Jonny Evans.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.