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FA won’t punish Ezgjan Alioski for the Burnley incident

Tue 22 June 2021 | 16:40

The FA is not going to punish Leeds defender Ezgjan Alioski for making a gesture during last month’s Premier League win at Burnley.



Ezgjan Alioski

made a gesture after going down under a second-half challenge by



Dwight McNeil

, who apparently said something in the ear of Alioski.

The North Macedonia international then responded to McNeil’s challenge by covering his ears and sticking out his tongue by which he meant to mockingly imitate a ‘cry baby’ in response to being referred to as one by McNeil. Alioski also insisted that he had not made any form of discriminatory gesture.



statement read:




The FA said that McNeil did not see the gesture at the time and the complaint had been made by a teammate.

Witness statements were also taken from all relevant players and officials.

The FA added:


"Another Burnley FC player accepted referring to Alioski as a 'cry baby' and a further Burnley FC player stated that he believed Alioski was acting childishly.

"No witnesses that were interviewed conclusively believed Alioski had made a discriminatory gesture."

source: SportMob