Littlejohn Faces Extended Violent Conduct Ban

Crystal Palace midfielder Ruesha Littlejohn could beryllium group for a lengthy prohibition aft nan Football Association said its modular reward for her sending disconnected - aft an altercation pinch Leicester City's Hannah Cain - was "clearly insufficient".

Littlejohn, 35, appeared to drawback her force astir nan cervix earlier throwing her to nan crushed during Palace's 3-0 triumph successful nan League Cup connected Sunday.

The modular reward for a reddish paper for convulsive behaviour is simply a three-match ban, but if nan FA thinks that a dismissal offence is "truly exceptional" it tin activity to summation nan punishment.

The lawsuit will now beryllium considered by a regulatory commission.

An FA connection said: "A declare of intelligibly insufficient reward has been submitted against Crystal Palace FC Women's Ruesha Littlejohn.

"The subordinate was sent disconnected astir nan 58th infinitesimal for convulsive conduct, and nan modular reward is simply a three-match ban, but it's claimed that this punishment is intelligibly insufficient."

If nan declare is successful, nan committee will determine a caller punishment, but if it is dismissed Littlejohn will service nan modular three-match ban.

Republic of Ireland world Littlejohn - who joined Palace successful September - has until Thursday to respond.