Jonny Evans' actions in spitting at Papiss Cisse were "simply disgusting",
said the Football Association panel that found him guilty of misconduct.
The Manchester United defender and Newcastle striker Cisse
were both charged after spitting at each other during the Red Devils' 1-0 victory on March 4 in an incident
missed by referee Anthony Taylor.
Cisse accepted the charge and a seven-match ban -
one extra because of a previous offence this season - but Evans insisted he had not intended to spit at the
striker and contested it.
However, his appeal was rejected by an FA regulatory
commission, which revealed the written reasons for their ruling on Thursday.
The report stated: "It is clear that Mr Evans is
looking directly and indeed aggressively at Mr Cisse. His lips are 'pursed' and
he is close to Mr Cisse.
"If he was, as alleged to be the case, a person who
'habitually spits', then the commission were concerned as to why he did not
turn his head away from Mr Cisse when so spitting.
"If that had been a family member or indeed another
team member or his manager in front and below him would he still have carried
out the same manoeuvre?
"Mr Evans had (and has) a duty of care, if spitting for
whatever reason, not to direct the same in the general direction of an
opponent, or indeed anyone else. The video clips clearly show that he failed in
his duty of care.
"There may, in some quarters, be substantial sympathy
for Mr Evans, but the video evidence shows that he did what he did, and the
ordinary man in the street will find his action to be simply disgusting and
should not be allowed in any walk of life, let alone on any football field."
The written report also reveals Manchester United questioned the length of the
suspension but the commission did not consider there were any "truly
exceptional" circumstances to reduce it from the standard six matches.
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