Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said Spurs won’t contest French midfielder Moussa Sissoko‘s violent conduct charge for an elbow to the face of Bournemouth’sHarry After. The incident involving Sissoko, who was acquired from Newcastle United, was not seen by the match officials but caught on video. He faces a three-game ban.
“After reviewing the video, we have said that we accept the charge and now we move forward,” Pochettino said on Monday. “I have seen it on TV and I have to say it wasn’t intentional, but the elbow wasin Arter’s face, so we accept the charge and move forward with three games suspension. It is true that it is a blow. We are in a period when we need all the squad fit to compete. We have four bigmatches ahead and it is difficult now because Moussa is a player who was in our plans to play tomorrow.”
Tottenham has a League Cup game against Liverpool on Tuesday and leaguegames against Leicester City and Arsenal.