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**The Football Association have handed bans to four of the five players involved in the Old Trafford fracas.
The FA have also fined Arsenal £175,000 for failing to control their players in the controversial goalless draw against Manchester United on 21 September.
Lauren, Martin Keown, Ashley Cole, Ray Parlour and Patrick Vieira were charged with a catalogue of offences by the FA in the aftermath the game. **
Vieira was sent-off for two yellow cards during the game while the other four were involved in a brawl after the final whistle.
Lauren has recieved the most severe punishment and been suspended for four games as well as being fined £40,000.
An FA statement read that Lauren was guilty of “violent behaviour in forcibly pushing Van Nistelrooy in the back following the final whistle, and for improper conduct in confronting van Nistelrooy after Patrick Vieira’s sending-off and kicking out at Quinton Fortune following the penalty award.”
Martin Keown has been suspended for three games and been fined £20,000 “for violent behaviour in his actions towards Ruud van Nistelrooy.”
Vieira and Parlour will both miss one game each for their offences with the Frenchman picking up a £20,000 fine and the English midfielder fined £10,000.
Vieira’s reprimand comes “for improper conduct in failing to leave the field of play following his sending-off”.
Parlour was guilty “for his improper conduct in separate confrontations with Ruud van Nistelrooy and Gary Neville after the final whistle”.
Cole has been warned as to his future conduct by the FA and fined £10,000 for his part in the confrontation which saw him involved in an incident with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Manchester United’s Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs have also been charged with improper conduct by the FA but they will contest their charges at a later date.
The suspensions for the Arsenal players will start on Monday, 17 November.
