Newcastle striker Aleksandar Mitrovic facing three-match ban after being charged by the FA for elbowing Manuel Lanzini

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Newcastle striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has been hit with a violent conduct charge by the Football Association for an alleged elbow on West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini.

The Serbian appeared to clash with the Argentinian midfielder in the 80th minute of Saturday’s game at St James’ Park, shortly before he scored his side’ s last goal in their 3-0 win.

A club statement confirmed: ‘He has until 6pm on August 30, 2017 to respond to the charge.

Newcastle striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has been hit with a violent conduct charge by the FA

The Serbian appeared to clash with Manuel Lanzini (left) in the 80th minute of Saturday’s game

‘Off the ball incidents which are not seen at the time by the match officials are referred to a panel of three former elite referees.

‘Each referee panel member will review the video footage independently of one another to determine whether they consider it a sending-off offence.

For retrospective action to be taken, and an FA charge to follow, the decision of the panel must be unanimous.’

Mitrovic could now face a three-game ban, which would see him miss the entirety of Newcastle’s September programme.

The striker went on to score his team's third goal in the victory at St James' Park