FA ban Fulham's Aleksandar Mitrovic for Leeds United incident, Pablo Hernandez responds to challenge
Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic will serve a three-game ban for the elbow he landed on Leeds United loanee Ben White in Saturday's game at Elland Road.
The FA confirmed tonight that Mitrovic will sit out the Cottagers' games against Queens Park Rangers, Birmingham City and Nottingham Forest.
The incident, in the second minute of the crunch promotion clash behind closed doors, constituted violent conduct.
White was left holding his face on the turf after Mitrovic caught the youngster with his elbow after the ball had been cleared from the home side's half.
Speaking earlier today, White's team-mate Pablo Hernandez criticised the challenge but said it was now a problem for Mitrovic and not Leeds.
"It's not nice to see these actions in the game," he said.
"I was in the stand, I didn't see anything. I saw the video after, it's not a fair action. Now it's not our problem, we need to forget this. If the FA decide to put some sanctions to him it's his problem, not our problem. We need to be focused on our game and forget him."
Leeds' 3-0 win over Fulham leaves the London side 10 points behind the leaders in the Championship table with seven games remaining.
White was able to recover from the blow and went on to challenge for the Man of the Match award.