PRESTON striker Milutin Osmajic has been charged with biting Blackburn star Owen Beck during the Lancashire derby on Sunday.
Osmajic now faces a potential FOUR-MONTH ban from football.
GettyMilutin Osmajic has been charged by the FA for allegedly biting Owen Beck[/caption]
GettyThe incident occurred in the final stages of the Lancashire derby on Sunday[/caption]
Milutin Osmajic has been charged by the FARex
Montenegrin forward was charged with violent and/ or improper conduct by the FA on Wednesday.
He is alleged to have attempted to take a chunk out of Rovers defender Beck, the nephew of Liverpool legend Ian Rush.
Beck was sent off for kicking out at Duane Holmes in the same incident in the game at Deepdale.
The former Dundee star was embroiled in a fierce melee with Preston players during their 0-0 clash on Sunday.
An FA spokesperson said: “Milutin Osmajic has been charged following Preston North End’s EFL Championship game against Blackburn Rovers on Sunday, 22 September.
“It’s alleged that the forward committed an act of violent conduct by biting an opponent around the 87th minute.
“Milutin Osmajic has until Monday, September 30, to provide a response.”
Beck, who is on loan from Liverpool, was dismissed for a swipe at Holmes in the aftermath of Yuki Ohashi’s foul on Osmajic.
PABeck was confronted by Osmajic after the Preston star was sent off[/caption]
PAA fierce brawl then kicked off in the Lancashire derby[/caption]
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An enraged Osmajic then jumped to his feet and grabbed Beck, barging him away with his head pressed into the back of his head.
Beck, 22, furiously protested to referee Matthew Donohue that he had been bitten by Osmajic, who received a yellow card.
Blackburn boss John Eustace said in his post-match press conference: “Beck’s got a big bite mark on the back of his neck. He’s shown all the lads. He’s a little bit quiet, a little bit shook up.”
The bad-tempered match earlier saw Preston’s Sam Greenwood sent off for a lunge at Rovers’ Lewis Baker.
The punishment for biting another player is severe.
In April 2013, former Liverpool ace Luis Suarez was handed a 10-match ban from football after he was found guilty of biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic.
Luis Suarez was found guilty of biting Branislav Ivanovic in 2021