article_snippet: Jonny Evans appears to launch spit in the direction of the Newcastle United striker, who then retaliates .
article_snippet: Evans and Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse clash near the half-way line at St James' Park following the unpleasant exchange .
article_snippet: Evans and Cisse clash near the half-way line at St James' Park following the unpleasant exchange tweeted confirmation of Evans’s decision on Friday, just over an hour after the 6pm deadline
article_snippet: ’s claim that Manchester United’s Jonny Evans did not spit directly at Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse.
article_snippet: I was totally unaware of any spitting incident and had assumed that the issue at the time was with the challenge and Manchester United’s
article_snippet: Tempers threaten to boil over as team-mates from Newcastle and United gather on the pitch .
article_snippet: and I spoke about any spitting incident
article_snippet: Spitting is understandably reviled among the majority of Premier League players, but Stoke striker Jonathan Walters mounted a surprisingly robust objection on Friday by threatening to leave any opponent who targeted United boss Louis van Gaal in such a manner
highlights_snippet: Jonny Evans and Papiss Cisse involved in spitting row on Wednesday .
  
highlights_snippet: Jonny Evans denied that Jonny Evans spat on the Senegal international .
  