Tyrone Mings has been banned for five matches after his clash with Zlatan Ibrahimovic during Bournemouth's 1-1 draw with Manchester United last weekend, the Football Association (FA) has confirmed.

Mings, whose club elected to appeal a charge of violent conduct, will miss matches against West Ham United, Swansea City, Southampton, Liverpool and Chelsea.

Ibrahimovic, who did not appeal his charge, was served a three-match ban yesterday.

Mings was charged after stamping on Ibrahimovic's head in an incident during the match that was not seen by officials at the time, but was picked up on video. The Swede later retaliated with an elbow to the Bournemouth defender's head.

The FA claimed that the standard punishment of three matches which would otherwise apply for the misconduct committed would be "clearly insufficient", adding an extra two matches after "both matters were found proven".

Bournemouth issued a statement in the wake of the decision, clearly angered by the sanction that was imposed.

"AFC Bournemouth are extremely disappointed with the FA Regulatory Commission's decision to find Tyrone Mings guilty of the charges against him and impose a five-game suspension," the statement read.

"We will study the detailed reasons of the commission once they become available but find it extraordinary that the charges can be described as ‘proven’ when there is absolutely no evidence to prove the incident was intentional.

"It is our strongly held belief – backed up by our relationship with the player, and knowledge of his background and character – that it was an accidental collision.

"Tyrone twice apologised to Ibrahimovic during the match for the accidental collision and also reiterated that there was no intent straight after the final whistle in a series of television interviews.

"We fully support our player. Tyrone has an excellent disciplinary record and has not been sent off in 75 matches as a professional. During that time he has only received 13 yellow cards – the last of which came in April 2015.The club will be making no further comment."