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Liverpool’s Sadio Mané was sent off after his high foot caught the Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson in the face on Saturday. Photograph: Nigel Roddis/EPA
Liverpool’s Sadio Mané was sent off after his high foot caught the Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson in the face on Saturday. Photograph: Nigel Roddis/EPA

Liverpool's appeal against length of Sadio Mané’s ban rejected by FA

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Mané sent off after high boot in challenge with Manchester City’s Ederson
Misses league games against Burnley and Leicester and Carabao Cup fixture

The Liverpool forward Sadio Mané will serve a three-match suspension for his red card at Manchester City after his claim of excessive punishment was rejected, the Football Association has announced.

Mané will miss the home league game against Burnley on 16 September, as well as two trips to Leicester City – the Carabao Cup tie on 19 September and the Premier League match four days later.

Mané was sent off for raising his foot in a challenge with the City goalkeeper Ederson in the first half of Liverpool’s 5-0 defeat on Saturday. Mané’s boot caught Ederson in the face on the edge of City’s penalty area, and the 25-year-old was shown a straight red card by the referee Jon Moss.

Ederson was taken off on a stretcher with facial injuries following the incident in the first half and a photograph released since has shown eight stitches in wounds on the side of his face. He was able to return to the City bench in the second half, and trained – wearing protective head gear – on Tuesday before Wednesday’s Champions League match at Feyenoord.

Jürgen Klopp initially said Liverpool were unlikely to appeal against the suspension. “It would be another waste of time, like the game today,” he said. “I think everyone knows [Mané] didn’t see the goalie. There was not one second he looks on the goalie. He just wanted to get the ball as soon as possible. Hopefully the goalie is not seriously injured.

“Sadio is very upset. We couldn’t keep him – he was shocked about the situation. I am sure also about the decision.”

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