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Huth, Fellaini to be charged for violent conduct by FA

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Marouane Fellaini and Robert Huth are set to receive violent-conduct charges by the Football Association (FA) for an incident during Sunday's 1-1 draw between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford.

A first-half clash saw the Foxes' centre-back Huth pull United midfielder Fellaini's hair, and the Belgian international retaliating with an elbow directed at the German. Referee Michael Oliver missed the incident, but the pair could be slated for punishment based on the FA's video-review panel.

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.

The same panel recently banned Tottenham's Dele Alli three matches for a punching incident aimed at Claudio Yacob during a 1-1 draw with West Brom that the referee did not see.

United gaffer Louis van Gaal came to Fellaini's defense after the draw, saying, "When you grab somebody in his hair and you are tying it backwards then it is a penalty."

"So I expect first that Huth shall be getting a lot (FA charge) because I don’t think that is normal in what he is doing."

Van Gaal continued, "Fellaini is reacting like a human being because when I grab you with your hair and pull it backwards, you shall do also something to me, I believe."

A violent-conduct charge carries with it an automatic three-match ban, which would see Huth miss Leicester's final two matches and the first fixture next season, with the towering Belgian slated to miss United's run-in trio. Fellaini would be eligible to participate in United's FA Cup final tilt with Crystal Palace on May 21.

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