Jonny Evans maintains he didn ’ t wilfully spit at Papiss Cisse – and would ’ ve been locked out of the family home if he had . The Manchester United defender reacted angrily during their 1-0 win at St James ’ Park earlier this month , with television cameras seemingly catching him in the act . But Evans insists the altercations is not what it appears , even if the FA felt the need to slap him with a six-match ban . Newcastle 's Papiss Cisse and Manchester United 's Jonny Evans squared up at St James ' Park . Both Evans and Cisse were charged and banned by the FA for spitting , but Cisse admitted the offence . ‘ I can totally understand there is an image around that , and in the British game and our society it ’ s not something that is accepted , and rightly so , ’ Evans told The Times . ‘ But I was able to go home and look my mum and dad in the eye because if I ’ d genuinely spat at someone I think they would have been disgusted in me . ‘ It ’ s not the background I come from in Northern Ireland . My mum and dad would have given me a rollicking if I had done that. ’ Evans says his mum and dad would have been disgusted if he had 'genuinely spat at ' Papiss Cisse . Cisse was handed a seven-match ban for a clearer spit in the aftermath , the additional game owing to a previous red card for the Magpies this season . Evans added : ‘ I did not have the intent to spit at an opponent , so when the FA charged me with that I could never accept it . ‘ To spit at anyone is one of the most disgusting things you can do ; it ’ s low and it ’ s cheap . I would never think to spit at someone . You just look like an idiot. ’ Cisse appears to wipe spit away from his eye after the altercation at St James ' Park .
EvansJonny Evans was handed a six-match ban after clashing with Papiss Cisse . Television cameras seemed to catch the defender spitting at Cisse . But Jonny Evans says his parents would have been disgusted if he had done so .