jonny evans has grudgingly accepted the six match ban imposed on him by the fa for spitting at papiss cisse there is no right of appeal for the manchester united defender and he begins his ban immediately by missing monday's fa cup quarter final with arsenal though he maintains that he did not spit at the newcastle united striker, the fa found evans guilty and confirmed in a statement: ‘mr evans denied the charge but it was found proven’ jonny evans appears to launch spit in the direction of the newcastle united striker, who then retaliates  evans and papiss cisse clash near the half way line at st james' park following the unpleasant exchange  manchester united defender evans has received a six match ban from the fa after the ugly incident  cisse already served a three match ban for violent conduct this season after elbowing everton’s seamus coleman in december as a result, the newcastle striker gets an additional one match suspension after admitting his guilt, while evans gets six the incident, during united’s 1 0 win at st james’ park on wednesday, was not seen by referee anthony taylor or his assistants, but was caught on tv a three man panel of former referees reviewed the footage on thursday and agreed the players should have been sent off, prompting the fa to bring a charge an independent regulatory commission heard the charge and decided both players should be banned cisse, 29, pleaded guilty and issued an apology for his part in the incident he is suspended for an extra game as he was banned in december for elbowing everton’s seamus coleman by contrast, evans, 27, had denied the charge on thursday, saying: ‘i would like to make it clear that i did not spit at papiss cisse’ cisse has been banned for seven games after accepting the charge from the fa on thursday  tempers threaten to boil over as team mates from newcastle and united gather on the pitch  arsenal (h), monday (fa cup quarter final) tottenham (h), march 15 (premier league) liverpool (a), march 22 (premier league) aston villa (h), april 4 (premier league) man city (h) april 12 (premier league) chelsea (a) april 18 (premier league) the fa also looked at an incident where evans was alleged to have spat in the direction of emmanuel riviere during the game but that was dismissed evans will potentially miss any fa cup semi final should united progress plus their premier league games against tottenham, liverpool, aston villa and manchester city if united were to lose on monday, evans would then miss the trip to chelsea and would not return until united’s premier league trip to everton on april 26 united defender evans has received a six match ban from the fa   one less than newcastle striker cisse  there is no right of appeal so evans will not be able to contest the decision by the three man panel  1 the association may act against a participant in respect of any 'misconduct', which is  defined as being a breach of the following:  (a) the laws of the game;  (b) the rules and regulations of the association and in particular rules e3 to 28 below;  (c) the statutes and regulations of uefa;  (d) the statutes and regulations of fifa;  (e) the rules or regulations of an affiliated association or competition;  (f) an order, requirement, direction or instruction of the association that would be a blow for united manager louis van gaal, who insisted ahead of the cup clash with arsenal at old trafford that the main priority for united this season must be to qualify for the champions league united haven’t won the fa cup since 2004 and haven’t landed any silverware since sir alex ferguson left, but the dutchman says the competition must still be treated as a welcome bonus rather than the club’s primary objective ‘i always want to get the goals we have set and the goal we have set is the top four,’ said van gaal ‘a title is fantastic when you win the fa cup you are not in the champions league, which is important for the club, but you have won a title so for the players it is fantastic, for the manager it is fantastic but our goal is to reach in our first year together a place in the champions league’ cisse was banned for an extra game after being sent off for elbowing  seamus coleman in december 
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jonny evans and papiss cisse involved in spitting row on wednesday . evans denied charge but has been found guilty and hit with six game ban . cisse admitted fa charge and it triggered an immediate seven match ban . cisse's suspension is one game longer because he had already served a three match ban earlier this season for an elbow on seamus coleman . there is no right of appeal so evans will not be able to contest the ban . evans will miss united's fa cup quarter final with arsenal on monday 