liverpool defender martin skrtel has denied a football association charge of violent conduct for standing on manchester united goalkeeper david de gea video evidence was used to charge the centre back, currently away on international duty with slovakia, after television pictures highlighted the incident   missed by referee martin atkinson   in the last seconds of sunday's 2 1 defeat at anfield skrtel chased a through ball as 10 man liverpool searched for a late equaliser but de gea slid in to get there first and the defender continued his run and stood on the goalkeeper's right shin martin skrtel's foot lands on david de gea's leg in the incident which saw the fa charge the defender  skrtel will fight the violent conduct charge, claiming the alleged stamp was not intentional  premier league: arsenal away,  april 4  fa cup sixth round: blackburn away, april 8  premier league: newcastle at home, april 13  a three man panel of former elite officials were asked by the fa to review the footage independently of each other and there was unanimous agreement the offence warranted a red card skrtel was given until 6pm on tuesday to respond to the charge and has decided to contest it the 30 year old will argue the incident was accidental and not intentional if he fails in his challenge, skrtel will receive a three match ban   which covers league games at arsenal and home to newcastle either side of the fa cup quarter final replay at sky bet championship side blackburn manchester united keeper de gea takes exception to the contact from skrtel at the end of sunday's match  a three man panel of former elite officials reviewed the footage after it wasn't seen by martin atkinson (right) coincidentally, skrtel could argue a precedent was set back in january when chelsea striker diego costa was charged for a stamp on liverpool's emre can but escaped punishment for one on skrtel himself the spain international stood on the defender as he slid in to make a tackle in a similar incident to skrtel's coming together with de gea the incident was looked at retrospectively using television evidence after both the skrtel flashpoint and the stamp on can were missed by referee michael oliver skrtel could argue a precedent was set in january when chelsea striker diego costa escaped punishment for an alleged stamp on him that was reviewed on video after referee michael oliver missed the incident  costa was however suspended for this contact with skrtel's team mate emre can in the same match  'following a review of an incident during the game involving costa and liverpool's martin skrtel, the fa will not be taking any further action,' a statement from the fa said at the time however, skrtel's hopes of succeeding appear slim costa appealed his charge for the offence against can   with manager jose mourinho insisting both incidents were 'absolutely accidental'   but was found guilty and banned for three matches it led to mourinho claiming there was a 'clear campaign' against chelsea
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liverpool defender martin skrtel with fight fa charge of violent conduct  slovakian stepped on manchester united's david de gea on sunday  skrtel was charged on video evidence after the incident late in the game  three man panel of former elite officials deemed it worthy of red card  skrtel will argue that the incident in the 2 1 defeat was accidental 