Bournemouth condemned the "extraordinary" decision to ban Tyrone Mings for five matches for stamping on the head of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Mings was found guilty of violent conduct, after landing on Ibrahimovic with his boot during the Cherries' 1-1 Premier League draw at Manchester United on Sunday (NZ time).
Ibrahimovic had already accepted a three-match ban for elbowing Mings in the face moments after the incident, but the defender contested his own Football Association charge, denying he intended to stamp on his opponent.
An independent regulatory commission not only found him guilty, but ruled the standard punishment of a three-game suspension for violent conduct would have been "clearly insufficient".
An "extremely disappointed" Bournemouth, who will now be without Mings until their final six fixtures of a season in which they have yet to secure their Premier League status, yesterday attacked the verdict.
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