Wednesday 21 January 2015 18:10, UK
Ivory Coast forward Gervinho has been handed a two-game ban following his red card in the 1-1 Africa Cup of Nations draw with Guinea in Malabo on Tuesday.
The former Arsenal man was shown a straight red card in the second half of the Group D game for hitting out at Guinea's Naby Keita.
The suspension means the 27-year-old will miss the Elephants' remaining Group D games against Mali and Cameroon and will only feature again in the competition if his side reach the quarter-finals.
The Roma forward took to Twitter on Wednesday to say: "I would like to apologise to the Ivorian nation, to my team-mates, to the supporters and to the organisers of the CAN for this angry gesture which is totally out of character and evidently has no place on a football pitch."
Without him, Herve Renard's side came from a goal down to earn a point thanks to a strike from substitute Seydou Doumbia.
