Aston Villa will have to do without the services of Leandro Bacuna for the next six matches after the midfielder received a hefty ban for assaulting a linesman.
The incident occurred in the final few seconds of Villa’s game against Derby last Saturday, when the Dutchman gave the official an aggressive nuzzling over a disputed thrown-in…
Aston Villa won vandaag met 1-0, maar Leandro #Bacuna haalde het eindsignaal niet na deze kansloze actie. #AVFC pic.twitter.com/CgSvp7fF3D
— ChampionshipNieuws (@CSnieuws) February 25, 2017
Bacuna was subsequently charged with violent conduct by the Football League, who latterly decided to double the standard ban as the circumstances dictated “the standard three-match ban would be clearly insufficient”.
For the record, the 25-year-old has already sat out one match of his elongated suspension having missed Tuesday’s win over Bristol City.