Newcastle striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has been hit with a violent conduct charge by the Football Association for an alleged elbow on West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini.
The Serbian appeared to clash with the Argentinian midfielder in the 80th minute of Saturday’s game at St James’ Park, shortly before he scored his side’ s last goal in their 3-0 win.
A club statement confirmed: ‘He has until 6pm on August 30, 2017 to respond to the charge.
‘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.