jonny evans starts a six match ban for spitting on monday night even though the manchester united defender continues to protest his innocence evans would have played in monday evening’s fa cup quarter final against arsenal but he will also miss the semi final in april should united win a disciplinary panel ruled that evans and newcastle rival papiss cisse had spat at each other in an incident missed by referee anthony taylor 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 received a six match ban from the fa after the ugly incident  tempers threatened to boil over as team mates from newcastle and united gathered following the incident  arsenal (h) monday night, fa cup*;  tottenham (h) march 15  liverpool (a) march 22  aston villa (h) april 4  man city (h) april 12  chelsea (a) april 18  (*possible replay or fa cup semi final could mean he is available for the chelsea game) cisse admitted the offence and apologised but evans insisted he had not done anything wrong the fa disagreed and, in a statement, said: ‘mr evans denied the charge but it was found proven’ the incident, during united’s 1 0 win at st james’ park on wednesday, was not seen by referee taylor or his assistants, but was caught on tv a three man panel of former referees reviewed the footage last 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 was 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’ there is no right of appeal so evans will not be able to contest the decision by the three man panel 
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jonny evans starts a six match ban for spitting on monday night . evans would have played in the fa cup quarter final against arsenal . but he will also miss the semi final in april should united win . a disciplinary panel ruled that evans and newcastle rival papiss cisse had spat at each other in an incident missed by referee anthony taylor 