LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 18: Dele Alli of Tottenham Hotspur shoots during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland at White Hart Lane on September 18, 2016 in London, England.
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli has received a three-game ban from UEFA following his red card in last month’s 2-2 Europa League tie against Belgian club Gent.
The English star, who will be 21 next month, was sent off in the 39th minute of Tottenham’s second-leg home game of the Europa League round of 32 against Gent on Feb. 23. Alli, who joined Tottenham in 2015 after four years with English club Milton Keynes Dons, drew the red card by tackling Brecht Dejaegere.
Hotspur were knocked out of the tournament after losing 3-2 on aggregate (Gent won the first-leg game 1-0).
Given Tottenham’s current Premier League standing (second place), Alli will likely miss the Spurs’ next three Champions League group-stage games.
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Tottenham’s next three games are Premier League matches. They visit Burnley on April 1 and Swansea on April 5, and then host Watford on April 8. They have ten games remaining in the Premier League in total.
UEFA has also fined three other European teams. Arsenal have been fined £4,300 ($5,367) after some of their fans ran onto the field at Emirates Stadium during a 5-1 home loss to Bayern Munich in the second-leg game of the Champions League round of 16 two weeks ago.
Bayern Munich have also been fined £2,600 ($3,242) after their own fans delayed that same game against Arsenal by throwing rolls of paper onto the field in protest over ticket prices.
French club Saint-Etienne, meanwhile, have been fined £43,000 ($$53,630) after their fans set off fireworks and threw objects during their Europa League game against Manchester United at Old Trafford last month.
Alli also missed the last three games of last season’s Premier League after admitting a charge of violent conduct for punching West Brom’s Claudio Yacob in the stomach.
LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 18: Dele Alli of Tottenham Hotspur shoots during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland at White Hart Lane on September 18, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
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