Martin Skrtel: FA to charge defender over De Gea challenge
The Football Association will charge Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel for an incident towards the end of the 2-1 defeat by Manchester United on Sunday.
The Slovakian defender, 30, appeared to tread on United goalkeeper David De Gea during injury time at Anfield.
It is expected Skrtel will be charged with violent conduct.
Referee Martin Atkinson has filed a report, with the FA free to act if the official confirmed he had not seen the incident.
Punishment would be three-match ban, ruling Skrtel out of Premier League matches at Arsenal (4 April) and at home to Newcastle (April 13), plus the FA Cup quarter-final replay at Blackburn on 8 April.
The FA has made no comment on the matter so far.