Mohammed Kudus hit with fresh FA charge after meltdown in West Ham loss at Spurs

West Ham winger Mohammed Kudus has been charged with violent conduct by the FA following his tantrum in Saturday's defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.

And the Ghana star faces the prospect of an even longer ban after being investigated for "acting in an improper manner" following the offence that he was sent off for.

Kudus has already been handed a three-game suspension that keeps him out of action until after the next international break but that could end up being doubled.

He was shown a red card, which was upgraded by VAR following an initial yellow, after kicking out and then shoving Spurs defender Micky van de Ven in the face during Spurs' 4-1 win.

The Ghana star then pushed Pape Matar Sarr in the face, while Richarlison hit the deck after charging in to Kudus during an incident involving more than a dozen players.

And the FA have now confirmed that both clubs and Kudus have two days to respond to the charges.

"Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Mohammed Kudus have been charged following their Premier League match on Saturday, 19 October," an association spokesperson said.

"Tottenham Hotspur allegedly failed to ensure that their players didn't behave in an improper and/or provocative way around the 82nd minute. West Ham United allegedly failed to ensure that their players didn't behave in an improper and/or provocative and/or violent way at the same time.

"Mohammed Kudus allegedly acted in an improper manner and/or used violent conduct after the offence that he was sent off for. Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Mohammed Kudus have until Thursday, 24 October, to provide their responses."

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West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui said he will speak to Kudus about the incident but claimed that he did not see the altercations.

“It's not good for him, it's not good for the club, for the team,” Lopetegui said. “But I can't say anything more because I don't see the action.”

Max Kilman said West Ham only had themselves to blame for their second-half horror show. Lopetegui’s team delivered an exhibition in defensive disorganisation before Kudus was sent off for violent conduct.

But with Hammers fans growing increasingly agitated by their new head coach’s failure to provide consistency, summer signing Kilman conceded: “It wasn’t good enough. There was a spell in the second half when we let the game slip.

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“It was a bad spell for us. We lost concentration as a team at important moments and let them get ahead of us. “Obviously it’s not good enough for the level we are and the quality we have. We need to be doing much better. We need to be much better than that and make sure we’re ready for the next one.”

West Ham, already trapped in a lower mid-table morass, host Manchester United next Sunday and Kilman added: "For sure we need to get our heads down and put in a good performance next week.

"We need to compete with the best teams in the league and we have the quality to do that. We need to keep going and hopefully things will change."

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