UPDATE : Big Blow for  Liverpool players handed five match Ban for elbowed …

UPDATE : Big Blow for  Liverpool players handed five match Ban for elbowed ..

English FA suspends Liverpool player for five matches

Liverpool youngster, 17 – who punched AND elbowed Man United rival in U18s grudge match in January – is handed a five-match ban by the FA

Liverpool’s Luca Furnell-Gill punched and elbowed Man United’s Ethan Wheatley

The clash initially went unpunished, but he has since received a five-game ban

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A Liverpool academy player who was caught punching a Manchester United youngster in the face – before later elbowing him – has been banned by the FA.

Footage of the encounter in January showed how Liverpool defender Luca Furnell-Gill lashed out in the Under 18 Premier League match at Ethan Wheatley, with the incident going unpunished by the referee.

In a jam-packed game that saw United win 4-3 at Carrington, the ugly incident occurred shortly before United scored their second equaliser

With United on the attack, Wheatley tried to obstruct Furnell-Gill’s attempts to close down his team-mate, but as they collided, the Liverpool player sucker-punched him before continuing his run.

A shocked Wheatley stayed on his feet but clutched his face with the referee failing to award a free-kick for the offence.

And then he’s followed it up with an elbow!

A Liverpool academy player, 17, who punched and elbowed his Man United counterpart during a match has received a five-game ban from the FA after admitting to a disciplinary charge

A Liverpool academy player, 17, who punched and elbowed his Man United counterpart during a match has received a five-game ban from the FA after admitting to a disciplinary charge

Luca Furnley-Gill had another coming together with United’s Ethan Wheatley later on in the match

Luca Furnley-Gill had another coming together with United’s Ethan Wheatley later on in the match

The Reds youngster (in the white) elbowed him but escaped a red card

The Reds youngster (in the white) elbowed him but escaped a red card

United staff were livid with Furnell-GIll’s actions during the Under 18s clash back in Januar

United staff were livid with Furnell-GIll’s actions during the Under 18s clash back in January

United’s staff on the touchline were livid with the punch but United starlet Jayce Fitzgerald made sure they didn’t squander the opportunity as he put the ball in the back of the net moments after the incident.

But the ugly scenes didn’t end there with the pair having another coming together later on in the match.

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More footage showed how Furnell-Gill had his back to the United forward, before he threw an elbow into 18-year-old Wheatley’s face.

An angry Wheatley then responded to the strike, as he pushed the Liverpool defender in retaliation with Furnell-Gill somehow escaping a red card for both events.

And, according to The Mirror, Furnell-Gill was handed a five-match ban by the FA for his actions after he admitted a disciplinary charge.

The centre back – who has played eight times for the Reds in the Under 18 Premier League this season – has been absent for their pasI t four games, with these believed to be part of the suspension.