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'If someone spat at me they would be eating through a straw'

ESPN staff
March 6, 2015
Evans and Cisse charged by FA for spitting

Stoke City striker Jonathan Walters has said any player who spat at him would be "eating his supper through a straw" afterwards.

Papiss Cisse and Jonny Evans were charged by the FA for allegedly spitting at each other on Wednesday. Manchester United defender Evans issued a statement on Thursday denying he spat at the Newcastle striker, although Cisse apologised for his actions.

Walters, 31, told talkSPORT that players use a number of tactics to gain the upper hand on opponents, but believes spitting "is the lowest of the low."

He said on Thursday: "As a player you take anything off the ball; pinches and kicks that are meant to wind you up. Little things like that go on in any match.

"But spitting is pretty low. If it happened to me and someone spat at my face or towards me then I think he'd be eating his supper through a straw that night. I wouldn't be that happy. It's the lowest of the low."

Both Cisse and Evans face automatic six-match suspensions if they are found guilty of spitting, as a result of new FIFA guidelines.

Cisse chose to accept the ban rather than appeal. He is likely to be handed an extended suspension after accepting a violent conduct charge for elbowing Everton's Seamus Coleman earlier in the season, again on video evidence.

The incident came after Cisse reacted angrily to a challenge by Evans. Match referee Anthony Taylor allowed play to continue and was facing the ball as the two men clashed, with television replays capturing the alleged spitting.

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