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​Man City midfielder Bernardo Silva could face ban for diving

Manchester City star Bernardo Silva will find out on Monday whether he will become the first manager to receive a two match ban for diving.

Officials from the FA will study video footage to decide whether the City player was guilty of deceiving referee Roger East to win a penalty during his sides 3-0 victory over Burnley.

Silve infuriated players from the Clarets as well as Burnley manager Sean Dyche as a result of his actions. Speaking about the incident, Dyche said: "If your kid cheated in a maths test you wouldn't go, 'well done'. You'd say, 'what are you doing?', you'd go down the school and say, 'sorry, he cheated, he needs to that again'.

"But weirdly in football it's almost like 'good lad'. I find that really weird. Morally, I find that really odd.

"Accidental simulation, as they call it, that happens. There are too many in this league to be accidental."

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