The incident took place during the FA Cup quarter-final match between Manchester United and Chelsea at Old Trafford on Sunday.
After an off the ball incident involving United defender, Rio Ferdinand and Chelsea’s Fernando Torres, the Englishman appeared to shove and drag the striker, as referee Howard Webb turned his back.
Retired referee, Graham Poll, has called on the FA to look into the incident and punish the centre back.
Poll said: “I have little confidence the FA will do anything different this time, even though it is behind the back of the referee.
“They will ask Howard Webb if he had seen it – and they will ask him: ‘If you had seen it, what action would had taken?’
“The FA should say: ‘Referee, you haven’t seen it, we shall take the decision for you’ – rather than asking him to re-referee the incident.”
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