
Manchester United's Lisandro Martinez loses appeal against three-game ban for hair pulling
The Football Association has upheld a three-game ban for Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez after rejecting the club's appeal against his red card for hair pulling during the 2-1 defeat by Leeds at Old Trafford. The independent regulatory commission stressed that hair pulling 'ought not to be tolerated' in football and should be discouraged through consistent punishment. Martinez, 28, will miss games against Brentford and Liverpool, while a Premier League panel voted 4:1 that the referee was correct to issue the red card.
