FULHAM striker Aleksandar Mitrovic suffered a nasty facial injury just three minutes into his return to Premier League football on Saturday.
The 28-year-old was caught by the elbow of Crystal Palace defender Joachim Andersen as he went up for a header.
After going to ground straight away, he immediately received medical attention and treatment for a bloody nose.
But despite the initial concern, he was able to play on – albeit with a different shirt with no number or name.
Fans took to Twitter to react, with one person writing: “Andersen breaking Mitrovic’s nose inside 3 mins…”
Another added: “Welcome back to Barclays, Mitro!”
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While a third commented: “Two weeks running Andersen has caught someone’s nose.”
Fulham’s clash with Crystal Palace marked Mitrovic’s return to Premier League action following his eight-game suspension.
The striker was hit with the ban after he pushed and verbally abused referee Chris Kavanagh during the Cottagers’ 3-1 FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Manchester United in March.
Fulham boss Marco Silva also received a two-match touchline ban for throwing a water bottle and screaming at the assistant referee during the game.
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An official statement from The FA at the beginning of April read: “Mitrovic separately admitted that his behaviour and language after being sent off was improper, abusive, insulting and threatening, and the Regulatory Commission imposed an additional two-match ban and £75,000 fine.
“In total, the Regulatory Commission has suspended Aleksandar Mitrovic for eight matches.
“One of these has already been served, and therefore the forward will be unavailable for Fulham FC’s next seven matches.”
Mitrovic converted a penalty to level the score for Fulham just before half time following Odsonne Edouard’s opening goal.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
