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<p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><script type="application/json" data-placement="footballco-bet-betsense">{"type":"footballco-bet-betsense","data":{}}</script><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><ul><li>Preston star Osmajic handed eight-game ban</li><li>Osmajic bit Liverpool loanee Owen Beck on the neck</li><li>The FA also hand the Montenegrin a £15,000 fine</li></ul><table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va2ivxLJJhzdzbJdwo0n"><strong>Follow GOAL on WhatsApp!</strong></a> 🟢📱</td></tr></tbody></table><script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90"}}</script>

Preston North End star handed huge eight-game ban after BITING Liverpool loanee Owen Beck during clash with Blackburn

<p>Osmajic and Beck were involved in an altercation that broke out during the final minutes of the Championship clash between Preston and Blackburn, after Beck kicked out at Preston's Duane Holmes. The biggest discussion came in the aftermath of the brawl when <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/preston-s-milutin-osmajic-facing-potential-four-month-ban-charged-fa-biting-liverpool-loanee-owen-beck/blt22848e9f624e8735" target="_blank">replays revealed that Osmajic appeared to bite the Liverpool loanee on the back of his neck</a>.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Beck protested to the assistant referee at the moment, displaying the bite marks, but Osmajic was not sent off at the time. He has now been punished heavily by the Football Association, however. The FA have handed Osmajic an eight-match ban and a £15,000 fine for the misconduct after the Montenegro international admitted his offence in front of an independent Regulatory Commission set up by the FA.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p><a href="https://x.com/faspokesperson/status/1842142761681645971?s=46&amp;t=YnRlVFFZ6dwvKjz_gwyd5Q" target="_blank">On Friday morning, the FA released a statement that read</a>: "Preston North End’s Milutin Osmajic has been given an eight-match suspension and £15,000 fine for misconduct during their match against Blackburn Rovers in the EFL Championship on Sunday 22 September.</p><p>"The forward admitted that he committed an act of violent conduct around the 87th minute by biting an opponent. An independent Regulatory Commission imposed his sanctions following a hearing. Its written reasons will be published in due course."</p>

WHAT THE FA'S STATEMENT READ

<p>The Montenegrin will now be unavailable for the next eight matches for Paul Heckingbottom and will likely return for Preston when they take on Derby County on November 23.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR OSMAJIC?

Preston North End star handed huge eight-game ban after BITING Liverpool loanee Owen Beck during clash with Blackburn | Goal.com US

Preston forward Milutin Osmajic, who bit Blackburn&apos;s Owen Beck last week, has been handed an eight-match suspension in addition to a £15,000 fine.