Friday, January 13, 2012

FA Confirms No Disciplinary Action Against Johnson

The FA will not be taking any action against Glen Johnson for his challenge on Joleon Lescott in the first leg of Wednesday night’s League Cup semi-final.

After all the controversy that surrounded Vincent Kompany’s red card against Manchester United for a two-footed tackle on Nani in the FA Cup third round last weekend, there have been calls for Johnson to face severe punishment.

But talkSPORT has been told there will be no follow-up disciplinary action.

A spokesman confirmed that referee Lee Mason saw the incident at the Etihad Stadium and decided not to book or send off Johnson.

That means the FA cannot get involved as they can only deal with 'off the ball incidents' that may have been missed by the officials.

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