Everton striker Oumar Niasse has become the first Premier League player to be charged by the Football Association for “successful deception of a match official”.<\/p>\n
The Senegal international won a controversial penalty, after minimal contact from Scott Dann, in\u00a0Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace,\u00a0with Leighton Baines scoring the penalty.<\/p>\n
Niasse went on to score the equaliser at Selhurst Park.<\/p>\n
He has until 18:00 GMT to respond.<\/p>\n
New laws were introduced in May\u00a0allowing players to be charged after a game for simulation. Carlisle forward Shaun Miller was the\u00a0first to be banned\u00a0for two games in October.<\/p>\n
Bristol City defender Bailey Wright was suspended for two games earlier this month after being\u00a0found guilty of simulation.\u00a0He went down in an off-the-ball incident with Fulham’s Aboubakar Kamara, whose red card for the clash was later rescinded.<\/p>\n
Manchester City forward Bernardo Silva\u00a0and\u00a0Watford’s Richarlison\u00a0have both avoided charges this season.<\/p>\n
Former Premier League head of referees Keith Hackett spoke to BBC Radio 5 live about the decision: “I think on this one, he deceived Anthony Taylor 100%. Anthony, in a good position, gave the penalty kick from his viewing angle.<\/p>\n
“But the cameras behind the goal were clear that it was a dive. I applaud the FA for bringing out the fact that they can review these incidents, and then subsequently if the player is found guilty, punish.<\/p>\n
“Why not take this valuable step of introducing the VAR<\/p>\n
, so that the team that were playing Everton on Saturday are not punished by a goal that’s been scored for what, in effect, is cheating by the player – allegedly.”<\/p>\n
An FA statement read: “Incidents which suggest a match official has been deceived by an act of simulation are referred to a panel consisting of one ex-match official, one ex-manager and one ex-player.<\/p>\n
“Each panel member will be asked to review all available video footage independently of one another to determine whether they consider it was an offence of ‘Successful Deception of a Match Official’.<\/p>\n
“Only in circumstances where the panel are unanimous would the FA issue a charge.”<\/p>\n
Match of the Day analysis on Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n Former Everton defender Phil Neville said: “It was a dive. It was 100% a dive. There’s a bit of contact but he goes down trying to win the penalty. It’s a soft penalty.”<\/p>\n Former England captain Alan Shearer agreed: “I think it is a clear dive and he should be punished.”<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everton striker Oumar Niasse has become the first Premier League player to be charged by the Football Association for “successful deception of a match official”. The Senegal international won a controversial penalty, after minimal contact from Scott Dann, in\u00a0Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace,\u00a0with Leighton Baines scoring the penalty. Niasse went on to score the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[163,14782],"yoast_head":"\n