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LONDON: Queens Park Rangers midfielder Joey Barton was charged withtwo counts of violent conduct by the Football Association on Mondayfollowing his red card against Manchester City on Sunday. Barton was sent off for elbowing Carlos Tevez and then kickedSergio Aguero before attempting to headbutt Vincent Kompany. The FA said in a statement: "The FA has today (Monday) chargedQueens Park Rangers midfielder Joey Barton in relation to two actsof alleged violent conduct during Sunday's match against ManchesterCity at the Etihad Stadium. "Following the player's dismissal in the 54th minute of thefixture, there followed two incidents involving Manchester City'sSergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany. "As Barton had already been dismissed, both of these incidents felloutside of the jurisdiction of the referee." Barton has until 6pm local time (1700GMT) on Tuesday to respond tothe charges. Earlier, QPR's Malaysian owner Tony Fernandes said manager MarkHughes would decide what punishment, if any, the club would imposeon Barton following the player's latest red card. The incident came in a match where victory gave City the PremierLeague title and Rangers avoided relegation despite the final-daydefeat. Barton is now set to be banned for QPR's first four games nextseason but he could end up with a longer suspension -- possibly upto nine matches -- from the FA, while nothing the governing body dowould prohibit the London club from taking internal disciplinaryaction. Fernandes, who bought QPR before the start of the season, wasadamant he would play no role in deciding any in-house punishmentfor the 29-year-old Barton. "I will leave that to the manager and the chief executive (PhilBeard)," Fernandes told Sky Sports on Monday. "Now we just want tofocus on the positives. It's a little bit early to talk about that. "I will not step in. My goal at the club is to bring in the rightinfrastructure and the right people. I leave the manager to managethe players. "Of course the board will be involved, but we will let him come tous and say: 'This is what I would like to do.'" After the match, Barton pointed the finger at Tevez in a series ofposts on Twitter. "Can do nothing but apologise to the players and the fans. Stilldon't think its a sending off," he wrote. "The head was never gone at any stage, once I'd been sent off, oneof our players suggested I should try to take 1 of theirs withme...Never worked but god loves a trier. "Think a few people are forgetting Tevez started the fracas bythrowing a punch to the head...? "Right am off for a bit. Gonna enjoy QPR still being a Premiershipclub with all my team-mates. Cheerio people." But Barton again used the social networking site to launch anexpletive-laden attack against his former Newcastle United manager,Alan Shearer, who had criticised the player's conduct in his roleas a pundit on the BBC's Match of the Day television programme. -AFP/ac. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush Manufacturer , China Portable Ultrasonic Humidifier for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits 7 Inch Touchpad Tablet PC.
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